Distinguishing nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung disease on X-ray images using deep transfer learning

Abstract Background Nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung disease (MTB-LD) have similar clinical characteristics. Therefore, NTM-LD is sometimes incorrectly diagnosed with MTB-LD and treated incorrectly. To solve these difficulties, we aimed to distin...

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Main Authors: Minwoo Park, Youjin Lee, Sangil Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Shin Young Kim, Yeongsic Kim, Hyun-Min Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-07996-5