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  • Medical imaging
  • Artificial intelligence in healthcare
  • Otology

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  • Acute middle ear infections are common childhood illnesses with potential impacts on language and cognitive development.
  • Accurate diagnosis of middle ear conditions can be challenging, even for experienced specialists.
  • Primary care providers, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants, require support for diagnosing ear diseases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system, named OtoMatch, for diagnosing middle ear conditions using digital otoscope images.
  • To present a novel method for converting classification-trained convolutional neural networks into image retrieval models.
  • To provide a proof-of-concept for an AI-driven diagnostic aid for otologic conditions.

Main Methods:

  • A content-based image retrieval (CBIR) system (OtoMatch) was designed to classify eardrum images into normal, middle ear effusion, or tympanostomy tube categories.
  • A method was developed to transform convolutional neural networks from classification tasks to image retrieval models by modifying fully connected layers.
  • A database of 454 labeled eardrum images was utilized for training and testing the system with 10-fold cross-validation.

Main Results:

  • The OtoMatch system achieved an average accuracy of 80.58% (SD 5.37%) in classifying eardrum images.
  • The system demonstrated a maximum F1 score of 0.90 in retrieving the most similar image from the database.
  • These results indicate a high degree of success in the first study applying this methodology to eardrum image retrieval.

Conclusions:

  • The developed CBIR system shows feasibility and promising results for aiding in the diagnosis of middle ear conditions.
  • The novel method for converting classification CNNs to retrieval models is effective for otologic image analysis.
  • OtoMatch has the potential to support healthcare providers in timely and accurate diagnosis of common childhood ear diseases.