Diagnostic accuracy of computer-aided detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in chest radiographs: a validation study from sub-Saharan Africa.

Chest radiography to diagnose and screen for pulmonary tuberculosis has limitations, especially due to inter-reader variability. Automating the interpretation has the potential to overcome this drawback and to deliver objective and reproducible results. The CAD4TB software is a computer-aided detect...

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Main Authors: Marianne Breuninger, Bram van Ginneken, Rick H H M Philipsen, Francis Mhimbira, Jerry J Hella, Fred Lwilla, Jan van den Hombergh, Amanda Ross, Levan Jugheli, Dirk Wagner, Klaus Reither
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4156349?pdf=render