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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a leading cause of preventable in-hospital mortality. Advances in diagnosis, risk stratification, and prevention can improve outcomes. There are few large publicly available datasets that contain PE labels for…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-11-04 B. D. Lam , S. Ma , I. Kovalenko , P. Wang , O. Jafari , A. Li , S. Horng

Previous deep learning efforts have focused on improving the performance of Pulmonary Embolism(PE) diagnosis from Computed Tomography (CT) scans using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). However, the features from CT scans alone are not…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Santosh Sanjeev , Salwa K. Al Khatib , Mai A. Shaaban , Ibrahim Almakky , Vijay Ram Papineni , Mohammad Yaqub

The early detection of a pulmonary embolism (PE) is critical for enhancing patient survival rates. Both image-based and non-image-based features are of utmost importance in medical classification tasks. In a clinical setting, physicians…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-18 Zhaoxin Guo , Zhipeng Wang , Ruiquan Ge , Jianxun Yu , Feiwei Qin , Yuan Tian , Yuqing Peng , Yonghong Li , Changmiao Wang

We study how radiologists use AI to diagnose pulmonary embolism (PE), tracking over 100,000 scans interpreted by nearly 400 radiologists during the staggered rollout of a real-world FDA-approved diagnostic platform in a hospital system.…

General Economics · Economics 2026-01-21 Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham , Chenhao Tan , Alexander K. Zentefis

By September, 2022, more than 600 million cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been reported globally, resulting in over 6.5 million deaths. COVID-19 mortality risk estimators are often, however, developed with small unrepresentative samples…

Computed tomography (CT) imaging of the thorax is widely used for the detection and monitoring of pulmonary embolism (PE). However, CT images can contain artifacts due to the acquisition or the processes involved in image reconstruction.…

Pulmonary embolism is a leading cause of out of hospital cardiac arrest that requires fast diagnosis. While computed tomography pulmonary angiography is the standard diagnostic tool, it is not always accessible. Electrocardiography is an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Joao D. S. Marques , Arlindo L. Oliveira

Pulmonary embolus (PE) refers to obstruction of pulmonary arteries by blood clots. PE accounts for approximately 100,000 deaths per year in the United States alone. The clinical presentation of PE is often nonspecific, making the diagnosis…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-26 Noa Cahan , Edith M. Marom , Shelly Soffer , Yiftach Barash , Eli Konen , Eyal Klang , Hayit Greenspan

This article describes the implementation of a system designed to automatically detect the presence of pulmonary embolism in lung scans. These images are firstly segmented, before alignment and feature extraction using PCA. The neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2007-06-05 Simon Scurrell , Tshilidzi Marwala , David Rubin

Synthesizing information from multiple data sources plays a crucial role in the practice of modern medicine. Current applications of artificial intelligence in medicine often focus on single-modality data due to a lack of publicly…

Efficient automatic segmentation of multi-level (i.e. main and branch) pulmonary arteries (PA) in CTPA images plays a significant role in clinical applications. However, most existing methods concentrate only on main PA or branch PA…

Gaseous microemboli (GME) represent a common complication of cardiac structural interventions across both surgical and transcatheter approaches. Transthoracic cardiac ultrasound imaging represents a convenient methodology to visualize the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-27 Andrea Angino , Ken Trotti , Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli , Rolf Krause , Tiziano Torre , Stefanos Demertzis

Pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening disease, early detection and treatment can significantly reduce mortality. In recent years, many studies have been using deep learning in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with contrast medium…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-06 I-Hsien Ting , Yi-Jun Tseng , Yu-Sheng Lin

The purpose of this research is to develop a system that generates simulated computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) images clinically for pulmonary embolism diagnoses. Nowadays, CTPA images are the gold standard computerized…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-18 Chia-Hung Yang , Yun-Chien Cheng , Chin Kuo

The main objective of this work is to utilize state-of-the-art deep learning approaches for the identification of pulmonary embolism in CTPA-Scans for COVID-19 patients, provide an initial assessment of their performance and, ultimately,…

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a prevalent lung disease that can lead to right ventricular hypertrophy and failure in severe cases, ranking second in severity only to myocardial infarction and sudden death. Pulmonary artery CT angiography…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-04 Yifei Chen , Binfeng Zou , Zhaoxin Guo , Yiyu Huang , Yifan Huang , Feiwei Qin , Qinhai Li , Changmiao Wang

Nowadays, cardiac diagnosis largely depends on left ventricular function assessment. With the help of the segmentation deep learning model, the assessment of the left ventricle becomes more accessible and accurate. However, deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Hang Duong Thi Thuy , Tuan Nguyen Minh , Phi Nguyen Van , Long Tran Quoc

Objective: Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, primarily due to delayed diagnosis and poor early detection. This study aims to develop a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system that leverages large…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-16 Hafza Eman , Furqan Shaukat , Muhammad Hamza Zafar , Syed Muhammad Anwar

Detector-based spectral computed tomography is a recent dual-energy CT (DECT) technology that offers the possibility of obtaining spectral information. From this spectral data, different types of images can be derived, amongst others…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-10 Constantin Seibold , Matthias A. Fink , Charlotte Goos , Hans-Ulrich Kauczor , Heinz-Peter Schlemmer , Rainer Stiefelhagen , Jens Kleesiek

Automated cardiac image interpretation has the potential to transform clinical practice in multiple ways including enabling low-cost serial assessment of cardiac function in the primary care and rural setting. We hypothesized that advances…