Machine learning for determining lateral flow device results for testing of SARS-CoV-2 infection in asymptomatic populations

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Rapid antigen tests in the form of lateral flow devices (LFDs) allow testing of a large population for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To reduce the variability in device interpretation, we show the design and testing of an artifical intelligence (AI) algorithm based on machine learning. The machine learning (ML) algorithm is trained on a combination of artificially hybridized LFDs and LFD data linked to quantitative real-time PCR results. Participants are recruited from assisted test sites (ATSs) and health care workers undertaking self-testing, and images are analyzed using the ML algorithm. A panel of trained clinicians is used to resolve discrepancies. In total, 115,316 images are returned. In the ATS substudy, sensitivity increased from 92.08% to 97.6% and specificity from 99.85% to 99.99%. In the self-read substudy, sensitivity increased from 16.00% to 100% and specificity from 99.15% to 99.40%. An ML-based classifier of LFD results outperforms human reads in assisted testing sites and self-reading.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Cell reports. Medicine - 3(2022), 10 vom: 18. Okt., Seite 100784

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

LFD AI Consortium. Electronic address: a.beggs@bham.ac.uk [VerfasserIn]
LFD AI Consortium [VerfasserIn]
Beggs, Andrew D [Sonstige Person]
Caiado, Camila C S [Sonstige Person]
Branigan, Mark [Sonstige Person]
Lewis-Borman, Paul [Sonstige Person]
Patel, Nishali [Sonstige Person]
Fowler, Tom [Sonstige Person]
Dijkstra, Anna [Sonstige Person]
Chudzik, Piotr [Sonstige Person]
Yousefi, Paria [Sonstige Person]
Javer, Avelino [Sonstige Person]
Van Meurs, Bram [Sonstige Person]
Tarassenko, Lionel [Sonstige Person]
Irving, Benjamin [Sonstige Person]
Whalley, Celina [Sonstige Person]
Lal, Neeraj [Sonstige Person]
Robbins, Helen [Sonstige Person]
Leung, Elaine [Sonstige Person]
Lee, Lennard [Sonstige Person]
Banathy, Robert [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

AI
COVID-19
Journal Article
Lateral flow device
Machine learning
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 21.10.2022

Date Revised 25.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ISRCTN: ISRCTN30075312

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xcrm.2022.100784

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347557872