Computer-aided detection of pulmonary pathology in pediatric chest radiographs

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dc.contributor.authorMouton A.
dc.contributor.authorPitcher R.D.
dc.contributor.authorDouglas T.S.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:19Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractA scheme for triaging pulmonary abnormalities in pediatric chest radiographs for specialist interpretation would be useful in resource-poor settings, especially those with a high tuberculosis burden. We assess computer-aided detection of pulmonary pathology in pediatric digital chest X-ray images. The method comprises four phases suggested in the literature: lung field segmentation, lung field subdivision, feature extraction and classification. The output of the system is a probability map for each image, giving an indication of the degree of abnormality of every region in the lung fields; the maps may be used as a visual tool for identifying those cases that need further attention. The system is evaluated on a set of anterior-posterior chest images obtained using a linear slot-scanning digital X-ray machine. The classification results produced an area under the ROC of 0.782, averaged over all regions. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
dc.description.versionConference Paper
dc.identifier.citationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
dc.identifier.citation6363 LNCS
dc.identifier.citationPART 3
dc.identifier.issn03029743
dc.identifier.other10.1007/978-3-642-15711-0_77
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14163
dc.subjectAnterior posteriors
dc.subjectChest image
dc.subjectChest radiographs
dc.subjectChest X-ray image
dc.subjectclassification
dc.subjectClassification results
dc.subjectComputer-aided detection
dc.subjectFeature extraction and classification
dc.subjectLung field segmentation
dc.subjectLung fields
dc.subjectProbability maps
dc.subjectpulmonary abnormality
dc.subjecttuberculosis
dc.subjectVisual tools
dc.subjectX ray machine
dc.subjectBiological organs
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectFeature extraction
dc.subjectMammography
dc.subjectMedical computing
dc.subjectMedical imaging
dc.subjectPathology
dc.subjectPediatrics
dc.subjectRadiography
dc.subjectComputer aided diagnosis
dc.titleComputer-aided detection of pulmonary pathology in pediatric chest radiographs
dc.typeConference Paper
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