Louis Plesner talks AI x-ray exam reads vs. radiologists'

Will Morton
Sep 28, 2023

In an interview with AuntMinnie.com, Louis Plesner, MD, of Herlev and Gentofte Hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark, discussed a study he led that was published September 26 in Radiology that found radiologists outperformed four commercially available algorithms for identifying diseases on chest x-rays.


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