设计和验证深度学习模型用于结石检测和细分脏-尿道-膀图像上的细分
Zih-Hao Huang1, Yi-Yang Liu1,2, Wei-Juei Wu1
1Department of Electrical Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City 807618, Taiwan.
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 26, 2023
概括
这项研究引入了一种计算机辅助诊断系统,用于-尿道-膀 (KUB) 成像,以改善结石检测. 人工智能模型协助临床医生,可能减少CT扫描需求和患者的辐射暴露.
科学领域:
- 医疗成像医学成像
- 医疗保健中的人工智能
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- -尿道-膀 (KUB) 影像是疑似结石的主要诊断工具.
- 准确及时诊断尿路结石对于患者管理至关重要.
- 目前的诊断方法可能涉及等待时间先进的成像像像CT扫描.
研究的目的:
- 为KUB成像开发和评估计算机辅助诊断 (CAD) 系统.
- 通过深度学习提高诊断尿路结石的准确性.
- 评估该系统有助于临床决策和优化患者护理途径的潜力.
主要方法:
- 用于培训和测试的数据集包括485张KUB图像.
- 第1子系统使用Inception-ResNetV2进行预处理图像的深度学习分类.
- 第二个子系统使用了ResNet混合U-net架构来精确细分结石.
主要成果:
- 深度学习模型通过图像预处理证明了诊断准确度的提高.
- 图像细分模型准确地确定了结石的轮.
- 性能评估是使用分类模型的混矩阵进行的.
结论:
- 开发的CAD系统在帮助临床医生通过KUB图像准确诊断结石方面表现有前途.
- 该系统有可能减少患者等待CT扫描的等待时间.
- 这种人工智能工具的实施可能会使患者的辐射剂量降至最低.
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