Retraining an open-source pneumothorax detecting machine learning algorithm for improved performance to medical images.

Journal: Clinical imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To validate a machine learning model trained on an open source dataset and subsequently optimize it to chest X-rays with large pneumothoraces from our institution.

Authors

  • Gene Kitamura
    Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. kitamurag@upmc.edu.
  • Christopher Deible
    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Department of Radiology, 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: deiblec@upmc.edu.