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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Med.

Sec. Intensive Care Medicine and Anesthesiology

Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1657138

Research on Predictive Model for Tracheal Tube Sizes in Adult Double-Lumen Endotracheal Intubation Based on Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence

Provisionally accepted
  • 1Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
  • 2Liuzhou Workers' Hospital, Liuzhou, China

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Objective: This study aims to develop a predictive model for tracheal tube sizes in adult double-lumen endotracheal intubation using radiomics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance the safety and efficiency of intubation procedures. Methods: A retrospective study design was adopted. Computed tomography (CT) imaging data of the neck and chest from 500 adult patients were collected, and radiomic features were extracted. After a rigorous screening, 390 patients were included in the analysis. Radiomics techniques were applied to analyze CT images and extract features related to tracheal tube size selection. Predictive models were constructed using AI algorithms, including random forests, decision tree, support vector machines, and Baidu Wenxin ERNIE. Major Results: Among the models constructed, the Baidu Wenxin ERNIE model exhibited the best predictive performance, achieving an accuracy of 0.77 on the test set. Primary evaluation metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score, were compared to determine the optimal predictive model. Conclusions: This study successfully developed a predictive model for tracheal tube sizes in adult double-lumen endotracheal intubation based on radiomics and AI, demonstrating high predictive accuracy. This model has the potential to provide clinicians with a convenient, rapid, and efficient method of airway assessment, thereby enhancing the safety and efficiency of double-lumen endotracheal intubation.

Keywords: Radiomics, artificial intelligence, double-lumen endotracheal intubation, Tracheal Tube Size Prediction, CT imaging

Received: 01 Jul 2025; Accepted: 18 Sep 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Hongtao, li, Ming, yan, lan and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Liu Hongtao, lhtgood@sina.com

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