A deep learning-based model for significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in novice sonographers: development and validation of a YOLOv13-powered real-time abdominal ultrasound anomaly detection system
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A deep learning-based model for significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in novice sonographers: development and validation of a YOLOv13-powered real-time abdominal ultrasound anomaly detection system
Journal of Army Medical UniversityVol. 48, Issue 4, Pages: 493-503(2026)
LI W,LI H L,ZENG X K,et al.A deep learning-based model for significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in novice sonographers: development and validation of a YOLOv13-powered real-time abdominal ultrasound anomaly detection system[J].J Army Med Univ,2026,48(04):493-503.DOI:10.16016/j.2097-0927.202512098.
LI W,LI H L,ZENG X K,et al.A deep learning-based model for significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in novice sonographers: development and validation of a YOLOv13-powered real-time abdominal ultrasound anomaly detection system[J].J Army Med Univ,2026,48(04):493-503.DOI:10.16016/j.2097-0927.202512098.DOI:
A deep learning-based model for significantly enhancing diagnostic accuracy and efficiency in novice sonographers: development and validation of a YOLOv13-powered real-time abdominal ultrasound anomaly detection system
To develop and validate a deep learning model for real-time identification and localization of 17 common abdominal anomalies on ultrasound images
providing reliable technical support for primary care sonography.
Methods
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Retrospectively collected 39 530 B-mode ultrasound images from 18 947 patients with abdominal anomalies at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University from January 2017 to September 2024). A stratified random sample of 1 891 images formed an independent testing set; the remaining 37 639 images were split 7:1:2 into training (26 258)
validation (3 840)
and internal test (7 541) sets. After standardized annotation
RetinaNet
Faster R-CNN
RT-DETR
and YOLOv13 were compared on the internal test set using IoU
precision
recall
F
1
-score
and mAP@50. The optimal model was further evaluated against 6 sonographers (3 novice
3 intermediate) and novice sonographers assisted by the model on the independent test set.
Results
2
YOLOv13 achieved superior performance on the internal testing set: mAP@50 0.653 (95%
CI
:0.608 to 0.669) versus RetinaNet 0.546 (95%
CI
:0.511 to 0.563)
Faster R-CNN 0.578 (95%
CI
:0.531 to 0.591)
RT-DETR 0.627 (95%
CI
:0.585 to 0.643); precision 0.633 (95%
CI
:0.624 to 0.643)
recall 0.715 (95%
CI
:0.704 to 0.725)
F
1
-score 0.671 (95%
CI
:0.663 to 0.681). On the independent testing set (IoU=0.5)
YOLOv13’s F
1
-score (0.624) exceeded all novice sonographers’ mean F
1
-score (0.484;
P
<
0.001). Model assistance improved novice sonographers’ mean F1-score from 0.484 to 0.644 (33.1% improvement;
P
<
0.001)
approaching intermediate-level performance (0.656); mean precision increased 20.6% (0.529 to
o
0.638)
mean recall increased 42.8% (0.472 to 0.674)
and mean interpretation time decreased 24.4% (213.33 min to 161.33 min).
Conclusion
2
The YOLOv13 model demonstrates optimal performance for detecting 17 abdominal ultrasound anomalies and significantly enhances diagnostic efficiency of novice sonographers
serving as an effective assistive tool for abdominal ultrasound screening in primary care settings.
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