Deep learning-based body part recognition algorithm for three-dimensional medical images.

Journal: Medical physics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The automatic recognition of human body parts in three-dimensional medical images is important in many clinical applications. However, methods presented in prior studies have mainly classified each two-dimensional (2D) slice independently rather than recognizing a batch of consecutive slices as a specific body part.

Authors

  • Zihui Ouyang
    Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Peng Zhang
    Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China.
  • Weifan Pan
    Zhejiang Taimei Medical Technology Co., Ltd, Jiaxing, China.
  • Qiang Li
    Department of Dermatology, Air Force Medical Center, PLA, Beijing, People's Republic of China.