Discriminating TB lung nodules from early lung cancers using deep learning.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date: Jun 21, 2022

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In developing countries where both high rates of smoking and endemic tuberculosis (TB) are often present, identification of early lung cancer can be significantly confounded by the presence of nodules such as those due to latent TB (LTB). It is very challenging to distinguish lung cancer and LTB without invasive procedures, which have their own risks of morbidity and even mortality.

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  • Heng Tan
    Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
  • Jason H T Bates
    Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
  • C Matthew Kinsey
    Department of Medicine, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. matt.kinsey@med.uvm.edu.

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