Application of machine learning classifiers to X-ray diffraction imaging with medically relevant phantoms.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

PURPOSE: Recent studies have demonstrated the ability to rapidly produce large field of view X-ray diffraction (XRD) images, which provide rich new data relevant to the understanding and analysis of disease. However, work has only just begun on developing algorithms that maximize the performance toward decision-making and diagnostic tasks. In this study, we present the implementation of and comparison between rules-based and machine learning (ML) classifiers on XRD images of medically relevant phantoms to explore the potential for increased classification performance.

Authors

  • Stefan Stryker
    Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
  • Anuj J Kapadia
    Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
  • Joel A Greenberg
    Medical Physics Graduate Program, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.