Incorporating computer vision on smart phone photographs into screening for inflammatory arthritis: results from an Indian patient cohort.

Journal: Rheumatology (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are increasingly used to classify medical images, but few studies utilize smartphone photographs. The objective of this study was to assess CNNs for differentiating patients from controls and detecting joint inflammation.

Authors

  • Sanat Phatak
    Department of Rheumatology, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, India.
  • Ruchil Saptarshi
    Department of Medicine, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India.
  • Vanshaj Sharma
    Department of Medicine, Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India.
  • Rohan Shah
    Rutgers University School of Medicine, Newark, New Jersey.
  • Abhishek Zanwar
    Department of Rheumatology, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India.
  • Pratiksha Hegde
    Rheumatology Clinic, Pune, India.
  • Somashree Chakraborty
    Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India.
  • Pranay Goel
    Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India.