Table 6 Comparison of the errors between surgical and nonsurgical cases when measured by artificial intelligence.

From: Development of artificial intelligence for automated measurement of cervical lordosis on lateral radiographs

Variable

Surgery involved

No Surgery involved

p-value

Number of patients

280

1394

N/A

Number of x-rays

877

3669

N/A

Mean absolute error of C2–C7 angle ± SD (degrees)

4.0 ± 6.6

3.1 ± 4.1

 < 0.001

  1. N/A, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.