Artificial intelligence in fracture detection: transfer learning from deep convolutional neural networks.

Journal: Clinical radiology
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Abstract

AIM: To identify the extent to which transfer learning from deep convolutional neural networks (CNNs), pre-trained on non-medical images, can be used for automated fracture detection on plain radiographs.

Authors

  • D H Kim
    Medical Imaging Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK. Electronic address: Daniel.kim@nhs.net.
  • T MacKinnon
    Medical Imaging Department, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, UK.