Detecting drug-resistant tuberculosis in chest radiographs.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Published Date: Dec 1, 2018

Abstract

PURPOSE: Tuberculosis is a major global health threat claiming millions of lives each year. While the total number of tuberculosis cases has been decreasing over the last years, the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis has reduced the chance of controlling the disease. The purpose is to implement a timely diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis, which is essential to administering adequate treatment regimens and stopping the further transmission of drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Authors

  • Stefan Jaeger
    Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
  • Octavio H Juarez-Espinosa
    Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
  • Sema Candemir
    Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 20894, USA.
  • Mahdieh Poostchi
    Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
  • Feng Yang
  • Lewis Kim
    Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
  • Meng Ding
  • Les R Folio
    Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
  • Sameer Antani
    Computational Health Research Branch, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
  • Andrei Gabrielian
    Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , Maryland 20892 , United States.
  • Darrell Hurt
    Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA.
  • Alex Rosenthal
    Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , Maryland 20892 , United States.
  • George Thoma
    Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.

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