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

• Published in: Quantitative 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
• Language: English
• Published: China AME Publishing Company 01.12.2014
• Subjects: Brief Report; Tuberculosis (TB); chest X-rays; automatic screening; computer-aided diagnosis; medical imaging

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...