Validation of artificial intelligence spirometry diagnostic support software in primary care: a blinded diagnostic accuracy study
AI software achieved high sensitivity and specificity in identifying COPD using spirometry and basic demographic data and may support accurate diagnosis of COPD in primary care. AI software performed less well for other chronic respiratory disease categories.
Authors
- Suhani Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9052-5569)
- Ethaar El-Emir
- Samantha Kon
- Matthew Rutter
- Vicky Moore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-8273)
- Nicholas S Hopkinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3235-0454)
- Joanna Purvis
- Stephanie Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7454-6354)
- Paul Desbordes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1521-7590)
- David A. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6475-8046)
- Karl Sylvester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-1219)
- Michael D. Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0757-0711)
- William D‐C Man (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3782-659X)
- Maarten De Vos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3482-5145)
- Gillian Doe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-5811)
- Rachael A Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-868X)
- Anthony Paulo Sunjaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2257-4374)
- Benoit Cuyvers
- Joanna Shakespeare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-1700)
- Richard Russell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0195-0812)
- A Toby Prevost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1723-0796)
- Sandeep R. Sehdev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7434-2263)
- Ahmed Elmahy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3088-1649)
- Ian Jarrold
- Karolien Van Orshoven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6375-215X)
- George Edwards (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2373-263X)
- Marko Topalovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6150-1122)
- Jennifer Harvey
- Nannette Spain
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (GB)
- Harefield Hospital (GB)
- Hillingdon Hospital (GB)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust (GB)
- Cicely Saunders International (GB)
- Asthma UK (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Hull York Medical School (GB)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ERJ Open Research
- Published
- 2025-04-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00116-2025
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.63
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research