Identifying tuberculous pleural effusion using artificial intelligence machine learning algorithms.

Journal: Respiratory research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) is challenging. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning algorithms have started being used to an increasing extent in disease diagnosis due to the high level of efficiency, objectivity, and accuracy that they offer.

Authors

  • Zenghua Ren
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, No. 600, YiShan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China.
  • Yudan Hu
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, No. 600, YiShan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China.
  • Ling Xu
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, No. 600, YiShan Road, Shanghai, 200233, China. quanlingxu@163.com.