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Histopathological ground truth was targeted transperineal ultrasound-fusion guided biopsy and extensive systematic biopsy. We compared the results of the AI algorithm to those of human readers on both the lesion and patient level and determined the diagnostic performance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 272 patients with 436 target lesions were evaluated. Of these patients, 135 (49.6%) had clinically significant prostate cancer (sPCa), 35 (12.9%) had clinically insignificant prostate cancer (ISUP\u2009=\u20091), and 102 (37.5%) were benign. On patient level, the cancer detection rates of sPCa for AI versus human readers were 11% versus 18% for PI-RADS\u2009\u2264\u20092, 27% versus 11% for PI-RADS 3, 54% versus 41% for PI-RADS 4, and 74% versus 92% for PI-RADS 5. The AI showed significantly higher accuracy: 74% versus 63% for PI-RADS\u2009\u2265\u20094 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and 70% versus 52% for PI-RADS\u2009\u2265\u20093 (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01). Additionally, the AI correctly classified 62 patients with human reading PI-RADS\u2009\u2265\u20093 as true negatives.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The AI algorithm proved to be a reliable and robust tool for lesion detection and classification. 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