Vesicoureteral Reflux and Urinary Tract Infection

Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.10.009
ObjectiveTo predict high-grade VUR from quantitative
features annotated from VCUGs
AI ApproachRandom forest
Data Source(s)Web scraping (41 renal units), institutional series (44 renal units)
Model InputUreter tortuosity, UPJ width, UVJ width, and maximum ureter width on VCUG
Model OutcomeHigh-grade VUR (Grade 4, 5)
Model MetricsAUROC = 0.83, accuracy = 90%
Model Usabilityhttps://akhondker.shinyapps.io/qVUR/
AI = Artificial intelligence, AUROC = Area under the receiver operator characteristic, VUR = Vesicoureteral Reflux, VCUG = Voiding cystourethrogram

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