Distinguishing infectivity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis using deep learning.

Journal: Frontiers in public health
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to develop and assess a deep-learning model based on CT images for distinguishing infectivity in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB).

Authors

  • Yi Gao
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
  • Yiwen Zhang
  • Chengguang Hu
    Department of Gastroenterology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Pengyuan He
    Department of Infectious Disease, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China.
  • Jian Fu
    Research Center of Digital Radiation Imaging and Biomedical imaging, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China.
  • Feng Lin
    Radiology Department, The People's Hospital of Lezhi, Ziyang, Sichuan, China.
  • Kehui Liu
    Department of Radiology, Haikou Municipal People's Hospital and Central South University Xiangya Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Haikou, China.
  • Xianxian Fu
    Clinical Lab, Haikou Municipal People's Hospital and Central South University Xiangya Medical College Affiliated Hospital, Haikou, China.
  • Rui Liu
    School of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
  • Jiarun Sun
    Department of Infectious Disease and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • Feng Chen
    Department of Integrated Care Management Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
  • Wei Yang
    Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Wenhua Road 103, Shenyang 110016, PR China. Electronic address: 421063202@qq.com.
  • Yuanping Zhou
    Department of Infectious Disease and Hepatology Unit, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.