Two public chest X-ray datasets for computer-aided screening of pulmonary diseases

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has made two datasets of postero-anterior (PA) chest radiographs available to foster research in computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary diseases with a special focus on pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The radiographs were acquired from the Department of Health and H...

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Published inQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery Vol. 4; no. 6; pp. 475 - 477
Main Authors Jaeger, Stefan, Candemir, Sema, Antani, Sameer, Wáng, Yì-Xiáng J, Lu, Pu-Xuan, Thoma, George
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published China AME Publishing Company 01.12.2014
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Brief Report
Tuberculosis (TB)
chest X-rays
automatic screening
computer-aided diagnosis
medical imaging
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Summary:The U.S. National Library of Medicine has made two datasets of postero-anterior (PA) chest radiographs available to foster research in computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary diseases with a special focus on pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The radiographs were acquired from the Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA and Shenzhen No. 3 People's Hospital in China. Both datasets contain normal and abnormal chest X-rays with manifestations of TB and include associated radiologist readings.
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ISSN:2223-4292
2223-4306
DOI:10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.11.20