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Imaging techniques such as Chest X-rays, whole slide images, and optical coherence tomography serve as the initial screening and detection for a wide variety of medical pulmonary and ophthalmic conditions respectively. This paper…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Jutika Borah , Kumaresh Sarmah , Hidam Kumarjit Singh

Chest X-Rays (CXRs) are widely used for diagnosing abnormalities in the heart and lung area. Automatically detecting these abnormalities with high accuracy could greatly enhance real world diagnosis processes. Lack of standard publicly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-28 Mohammad Tariqul Islam , Md Abdul Aowal , Ahmed Tahseen Minhaz , Khalid Ashraf

Deep learning models have shown promise in improving diagnostic accuracy from chest X-rays, but they also risk perpetuating healthcare disparities when performance varies across demographic groups. In this work, we present a comprehensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Clemence Mottez , Louisa Fay , Maya Varma , Sophie Ostmeier , Curtis Langlotz

This work reveals undiscovered challenges in the performance and generalizability of deep learning models. We (1) identify spurious shortcuts and evaluation issues that can inflate performance and (2) propose training and analysis methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Trevor Tsue , Brent Mombourquette , Ahmed Taha , Thomas Paul Matthews , Yen Nhi Truong Vu , Jason Su

Chest radiography is a relatively cheap, widely available medical procedure that conveys key information for making diagnostic decisions. Chest X-rays are almost always used in the diagnosis of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia or the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-05 Matej Gazda , Jakub Gazda , Jan Plavka , Peter Drotar

The automatic diagnosis of chest diseases is a popular and challenging task. Most current methods are based on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which focus on local features while neglecting global features. Recently, self-attention…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Xinran Li , Yu Liu , Xiujuan Xu , Xiaowei Zhao

We present a weakly supervised deep learning model for classifying thoracic diseases and identifying abnormalities in chest radiography. In this work, instead of learning from medical imaging data with region-level annotations, our model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-11-07 Bo Zhou , Yuemeng Li , Jiangcong Wang

The interpretation of Chest X-ray is an important diagnostic issue in clinical practice and especially in the resource-limited setting where the shortage of radiologists plays a role in delayed diagnosis and poor patient outcomes. Although…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-11 Ali M. Bahram , Saman Muhammad Omer , Hardi M. Mohammed , Sirwan Abdolwahed Aula

Chest X-Ray (CXR) is one of the most common diagnostic techniques used in everyday clinical practice all around the world. We hereby present a work which intends to investigate and analyse the use of Deep Learning (DL) techniques to extract…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Leonardo Crespi , Daniele Loiacono , Arturo Chiti

Aims. To develop a deep-learning based system for recognition of subclinical atherosclerosis on a plain frontal chest x-ray. Methods and Results. A deep-learning algorithm to predict coronary artery calcium (CAC) score (the AI-CAC model)…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard for brain imaging. Deep learning (DL) algorithms have been proposed to aid in the diagnosis of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) from MRI scans. However, DL algorithms can suffer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Akshit Achara , Esther Puyol Anton , Alexander Hammers , Andrew P. King

Chest X-rays (CXRs) are among the most commonly used medical image modalities. They are mostly used for screening, and an indication of disease typically results in subsequent tests. As this is mostly a screening test used to rule out chest…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Ken C. L. Wong , Mehdi Moradi , Joy Wu , Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood

Deep learning is the state-of-the-art for medical imaging tasks, but requires large, labeled datasets. For risk prediction, large datasets are rare since they require both imaging and follow-up (e.g., diagnosis codes). However, the release…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-16 Yanru Chen , Michael T Lu , Vineet K Raghu

We propose a deep learning based method for classification of commonly occurring pathologies in chest X-ray images. The vast number of publicly available chest X-ray images provides the data necessary for successfully employing deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-24 Mohammad S. Majdi , Khalil N. Salman , Michael F. Morris , Nirav C. Merchant , Jeffrey J. Rodriguez

Purpose: Limited studies exploring concrete methods or approaches to tackle and enhance model fairness in the radiology domain. Our proposed AI model utilizes supervised contrastive learning to minimize bias in CXR diagnosis. Materials and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-30 Mingquan Lin , Tianhao Li , Zhaoyi Sun , Gregory Holste , Ying Ding , Fei Wang , George Shih , Yifan Peng

It has been rightfully emphasized that the use of AI for clinical decision making could amplify health disparities. An algorithm may encode protected characteristics, and then use this information for making predictions due to undesirable…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Ben Glocker , Charles Jones , Melanie Bernhardt , Stefan Winzeck

Background: Deep learning has great potential to assist with detecting and triaging critical findings such as pneumoperitoneum on medical images. To be clinically useful, the performance of this technology still needs to be validated for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Manu Goyal , Judith Austin-Strohbehn , Sean J. Sun , Karen Rodriguez , Jessica M. Sin , Yvonne Y. Cheung , Saeed Hassanpour

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on day-to-day life. Tackling the disease by providing the necessary resources to the affected is of paramount importance. However, estimation of the required resources is not a trivial…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-11 Sai Vidyaranya Nuthalapati , Marcela Vizcaychipi , Pallav Shah , Piotr Chudzik , Chee Hau Leow , Paria Yousefi , Ahmed Selim , Keiran Tait , Ben Irving

Machine learning and artificial intelligence are fast-growing fields of research in which data is used to train algorithms, learn patterns, and make predictions. This approach helps to solve seemingly intricate problems with significant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Shereiff Garrett , Abhinav Adhikari , Sarina Gautam , DaShawn Marquis Morris , Chandra Mani Adhikari

The success of deep convolutional neural networks on image classification and recognition tasks has led to new applications in very diversified contexts, including the field of medical imaging. In this paper we investigate and propose…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Alexey A. Novikov , Dimitrios Lenis , David Major , Jiri Hladůvka , Maria Wimmer , Katja Bühler