A novel semi-supervised learning model based on pelvic radiographs for ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis reduces 90% of annotation cost.

Journal: Computers in biology and medicine
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Our study aims to develop a deep learning-based Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) diagnostic model that achieves human expert-level performance using only a minimal amount of labeled samples for training, in regions with limited access to expert resources.

Authors

  • Hao Li
    Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Dong Yin
    Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Swine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, 430070, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
  • Baichuan Li
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: libaichuan001@sina.com.
  • Chong Liu
    * Department of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, P. R. China.
  • Chunxiang Xiong
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: gxqyyxcx2020@163.com.
  • Qie Fan
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: 1046302694@qq.com.
  • Shuyu Yao
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: villa7777@sina.cn.
  • Wenwen Huang
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: 1508259968@qq.com.
  • Wenhao Li
    Flight Control Research Institute, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
  • Jingda Zhang
    Orthopedic, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: zhjd_tl@163.com.
  • Hongmian Li
    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, People's Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region & Research Center of Medical Sciences, 6 Taoyuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, 530016, Guangxi Province, China. Electronic address: hmli@gxams.org.cn.