Assessing the value of artificial intelligence-based image analysis for pre-operative surgical planning of neck dissections and iENE detection in head and neck cancer patients
In this exploratory study of 45 preoperative CT Neck scans before a neck dissection, ChatGPT-4 V substantially overestimated the degree and severity of lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer. While these results suggest that ChatGPT-4 V may not yet be a tool providing added value for surgical planning in head and neck cancer, the unparalleled speed of analysis and well-founded reasoning provided suggests that AI tools may provide added value in the future.
Authors
- Barbara Wollenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3062-459X)
- Markus Wirth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-5363)
- Benedikt Schmidl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-4246)
- Timon Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4256-232X)
- Robert Walter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-7064)
- Cosima C. Hoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-7389)
Institutions
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discover Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12672-025-02798-4
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Technische Universität München