Automatic assessment of knee osteoarthritis severity in portable devices based on deep learning.

Journal: Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: For knee osteoarthritis, the commonly used radiology severity criteria Kellgren-Lawrence lead to variability among surgeons. Most existing diagnosis models require preprocessed radiographs and specific equipment.

Authors

  • Jianfeng Yang
    Department of Surgery, ShangNan Branch of Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Quanbo Ji
    Department of Orthopedics, The First Medical Center, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100048, China.
  • Ming Ni
    Department of Orthopaedics, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital (301 Hospital), 28 Fuxing Rd, 100853, Beijing, China.
  • Guoqiang Zhang
    Department of Orthopeadics, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
  • Yan Wang
    College of Animal Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing, China.