CheXaid: deep learning assistance for physician diagnosis of tuberculosis using chest x-rays in patients with HIV

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of preventable death in HIV-positive patients, and yet often remains undiagnosed and untreated. Chest x-ray is often used to assist in diagnosis, yet this presents additional challenges due to atypical radiographic presentation and radiologist shortage...

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Main Authors: Pranav Rajpurkar, Chloe O’Connell, Amit Schechter, Nishit Asnani, Jason Li, Amirhossein Kiani, Robyn L. Ball, Marc Mendelson, Gary Maartens, Daniël J. van Hoving, Rulan Griesel, Andrew Y. Ng, Tom H. Boyles, Matthew P. Lungren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:npj Digital Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00322-2