A retrospective study differentiating nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease from pulmonary tuberculosis on computed tomography using radiomics and machine learning algorithms.

Journal: Annals of medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of a machine learning based on computed tomography (CT) radiomics to distinguish nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) from pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).

Authors

  • Lihong Zhou
    School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
  • Yiwen Wang
  • Wenchao Zhu
  • Yafang Zhao
    Zhejiang Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Zhejiang Chinese and Western Medicine Integrated Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  • Yihang Yu
    Zhejiang Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment Center, Zhejiang Chinese and Western Medicine Integrated Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
  • Qin Hu
    School of pharmacy, Nanjing medical university, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211166, People's Republic of China. huqin@njmu.edu.cn.
  • Wenke Yu
    Department of Radiology, Qingchun Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.