A Novel Ensemble Approach for Rib Fracture Detection and Visualization using CNNs and Grad-CAM.

Journal: Annali italiani di chirurgia
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Abstract

AIM: This study aimed to develop a reliable and efficient system for predicting and locating rib fractures in medical images using an ensemble of convolutional neural networks (CNNs).

Authors

  • Ling Wu
    Department of Laboratory, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Hongyu Chen
    Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China.
  • Puxu Li
    Thoracic Surgery Department, Ningbo No.9 Hospital, 315020 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
  • Kai Yang
    Department of Radiology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.