MIDRC mRALE Mastermind Grand Challenge: AI to predict COVID severity on chest radiographs
The MIDRC mRALE Mastermind Grand Challenge revealed the potential of AI to assess COVID-19 severity from portable CXRs, demonstrating promising performance against the reference standard. The observed variability in mRALE scores highlights the challenges in standardizing severity assessment. These findings contribute to ongoing efforts to develop AI technologies for potential use in clinical practice and offer insights for the enhancement of COVID-19 severity assessment.
Authors
- Carol C. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-0995)
- Samuel G. Armato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5428-7997)
- Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer
- Kyle J. Myers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7394-4932)
- Benjamin Bearce
- George Shih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8356-2011)
- Adam E. Flanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-0787)
- Karen Drukker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6544-3476)
- Robyn L. Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-3339)
- Maryellen L. Giger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5482-9728)
- Heather M. Whitney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-8266)
- Natalie Baughan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3219-9291)
- Lubomir M. Hadjiiski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-8066)
- the MIDRC Grand Challenge Working Group
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Thomas Jefferson University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Michigan United (US)
- Jackson Laboratory (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Imaging
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/1.jmi.12.2.024505
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.36
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering