Deep learning of birth-related infant clavicle fractures: a potential virtual consultant for fracture dating.

Journal: Pediatric radiology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In infant abuse investigations, dating of skeletal injuries from radiographs is desirable to reach a clear timeline of traumatic events. Prior studies have used infant birth-related clavicle fractures as a surrogate to develop a framework for dating of abuse-related fractures.

Authors

  • Andy Tsai
    Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. andy.tsai@childrens.harvard.edu.
  • P Ellen Grant
    Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
  • Simon K Warfield
    Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
  • Yangming Ou
    Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, 1 Autumn St., Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
  • Paul K Kleinman
    Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA.