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We observed and validated AI and manual methods for CTR measurement using a large dataset and investigated the clinical utility of the AI method.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Five thousand normal chest x-rays and 2,517 images with cardiomegaly and CTR values, were analyzed using manual, AI-assisted, and AI-only methods. AI-only methods obtained CTR values from a VGG-16 U-Net model. An in-house software was used to aid the manual and AI-assisted measurements and to record operating time. Intra and inter-observer experiments were performed on manual and AI-assisted methods and the averages were used in a method variation study. AI outcomes were graded in the AI-assisted method as excellent (accepted by both users independently), good (required adjustment), and poor (failed outcome). Bland\u2013Altman plot with coefficient of variation (CV), and coefficient of determination (R-squared) were used to evaluate agreement and correlation between measurements. Finally, the performance of a cardiomegaly classification test was evaluated using a CTR cutoff at the standard (0.5), optimum, and maximum sensitivity.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Manual CTR measurements on cardiomegaly data were comparable to previous radiologist reports (CV of 2.13% <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 2.04%). The observer and method variations from the AI-only method were about three times higher than from the manual method (CV of 5.78% <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 2.13%). AI assistance resulted in 40% excellent, 56% good, and 4% poor grading. AI assistance significantly improved agreement on inter-observer measurement compared to manual methods (CV; bias: 1.72%; \u2212\u00a00.61% <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 2.13%; \u2212\u00a01.62%) and was faster to perform (2.2\u2009\u00b1\u20092.4 secs <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 10.6\u2009\u00b1\u20091.5 secs). The R-squared and classification-test were not reliable indicators to verify that the AI-only method could replace manual operation.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>AI alone is not yet suitable to replace manual operations due to its high variation, but it is useful to assist the radiologist because it can reduce observer variation and operation time. 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