Detection of tuberculosis using digital chest radiography: Automated reading vs. interpretation by clinical officers

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Maduskar, Pragnya ^a   Muyoyeta, M ^b   Ayles, H ^b,c   Hogeweg, L ^a   Peters Bax, L ^a   Van Ginneken, B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated screening; Computer aided diagnosis; Digital chest radiograph; Medical image analysis; Tuberculosis diagnostics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE; RADIOLOGIST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84888115833     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0325     Document Type: Article

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