Deep learning for COVID-19 diagnosis using CXR images with limited data.
problem Difficulty in collecting CXR data for deep learning due to the pandemic.
method Patch-based convolutional neural network with limited trainable parameters.
result Achieves state-of-the-art performance and interpretable saliency maps.
ECS evaluates synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity.
problem Evaluating synthetic CXR images' distributional fidelity under privacy constraints.
method Characteristic function transforms of feature embeddings.
result ECS uncovers clinically relevant distributional discrepancies.
Lung segmentation from abnormal CXRs using data imputation.
problem Segmenting lungs from CXRs with high opacity caused by respiratory ailments.
method Modified CNN-based segmentation network with deep generative model for data imputation.
result The model can segment lungs from abnormal CXRs, extending to cases with extreme abnormalities.
The MIMIC-CXR dataset is (to date) the largest released chest x-ray dataset consisting of 473,064 chest x-rays and 206,574 radiology reports collected from 63,478 patients. We present the results of training and evaluating a collection of deep convolutional neural networks on this dataset to recognize multiple common t…
Data labeling is currently a time-consuming task that often requires expert knowledge. In research settings, the availability of correctly labeled data is crucial to ensure that model predictions are accurate and useful. We propose relatively simple machine learning-based models that achieve high performance metrics in…
The chest X-ray (CXR) is by far the most commonly performed radiological examination for screening and diagnosis of many cardiac and pulmonary diseases. There is an immense world-wide shortage of physicians capable of providing rapid and accurate interpretation of this study. A radiologist-driven analysis of over two m…
Machine learning has been an emerging tool for various aspects of infectious diseases including tuberculosis surveillance and detection. However, WHO provided no recommendations on using computer-aided tuberculosis detection software because of the small number of studies, methodological limitations, and limited genera…
Study identifies COVID-19 pneumonia from chest X-rays.
problem Identifying COVID-19 pneumonia from other types and healthy lungs using CXR images.
method Proposed a multi-class and hierarchical classification schema using CXR images, texture descriptors, and a pre-trained CNN model. Employed resampling algorithms and early/late fusion techniques.
result Achieved macro-avg F1-Score of 0.65 and F1-Score of 0.89 for COVID-19 identification in hierarchical classification scenario.
Deep learning ensembles improve COVID-19 detection from chest X-rays.
problem Detecting COVID-19 from chest X-rays using machine learning.
method Custom CNN and ImageNet models, transfer learning, iterative pruning, ensemble learning.
result 99.01% accuracy in detecting COVID-19 from chest X-rays.
New DL algorithm detects critical chest X-ray findings without manual annotations.
problem Lack of explainability and manual annotation costs for DL models in medical imaging.
method Multi-instance learning approach to jointly classify and localize critical findings in CXR.
result Competitive classification results on three CXR datasets.
Study benchmarks uncertainty quantification in chest X-ray classification.
problem Reliable uncertainty quantification for medical AI models.
method Evaluation of 13 uncertainty quantification methods on MIMIC-CXR-JPG dataset.
result Insights into effectiveness and disentanglement of epistemic and aleatoric uncertainties.
Deep learning model predicts severe COVID-19 outcomes.
problem Predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in ED patients.
method Deep feature fusion model using EHR data and CXR images.
result CO-RISK score achieved AUC of 0.95 and 0.92 for 24 and 72 hours predictions, superior to human performance.
Study removes bias from chest X-ray embeddings using orthogonalization.
problem Reduces bias in chest X-ray embeddings due to protected features.
method Orthogonalization technique to remove protected feature effects.
result Orthogonalization removes bias and makes predictions of protected attributes infeasible.
Deep learning model improves X-ray disease detection accuracy in Thai patients.
problem Lack of large-scale validation of AI algorithms for medical image diagnosis in Thailand.
method Development and testing of a deep learning algorithm using 421,859 local chest radiographs.
result Convolutional neural networks achieve remarkable performance in detecting 13 common abnormality conditions on chest X-ray.
Machine learning models for COVID-19 detection and prognosis from chest images are flawed and unreliable.
problem Developing reliable machine learning models for COVID-19 diagnosis and prognosis from chest images.
method Systematic review of machine learning models published in 2020.
result None of the models identified are of clinical use due to methodological flaws and biases.
While deep learning models become more widespread, their ability to handle unseen data and generalize for any scenario is yet to be challenged. In medical imaging, there is a high heterogeneity of distributions among images based on the equipment that generates them and their parametrization. This heterogeneity trigger…
Paper detects biases in medical imaging ML models using counterfactual analysis.
problem Bias in medical imaging ML models negatively impacts generalization performance.
method Counterfactual invariance framework combining conditional latent diffusion models and statistical hypothesis testing.
result The method identifies and quantifies biases without direct access to counterfactual data.
A statistical toolbox for analyzing model performance in medical imaging.
problem Analyzing model performance by patient and recording properties, especially in medical imaging.
method Selection of appropriate performance metrics, correction of multiple comparisons, and finding interesting subgroups.
result Enables rigorous assessment of model performance for potential subgroup disparities.
Deep chest X-ray classifiers show bias in predicting diagnoses.
problem Bias in deep learning classifiers predicting diagnoses from chest X-rays.
method Trained convolutional neural networks on multiple public datasets to predict 14 diagnostic labels.
result True positive rates vary significantly among different protected attributes, indicating bias.
New method samples from any causal effect given conditional generative models.
problem Sampling from un/conditional interventional distributions in high-dimensional data.
method Sequence of push-forward computations of conditional generative models.
result Algorithm enables sampling from any identifiable interventional distribution.
Adversarial method improves pneumonia classifier's performance across hospitals.
problem Robust classification of pneumonia from chest radiographs across different hospitals.
method Adversarial optimization to learn models invariant to confounders.
result Improved out-of-hospital generalization performance compared to baselines.
Ensemble classifier detects pneumonia patterns in chest CT images.
problem Manual and time-consuming diagnosis of pneumonia in chest CT images.
method Probabilistic Support Vector Machine (SVM) ensemble, kernel PCA, patch-based classification.
result 97.86% accuracy in pneumonia detection.
Zero-Shot Learning helps learn new concepts without examples, useful for COVID-19 diagnosis.
problem Learning new concepts without examples, especially in medical imaging.
method Uses existing knowledge and auxiliary information to predict unknown concepts.
result Effective in diagnosing COVID-19 from chest X-rays.