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Rapid and accurate diagnosis of pneumothorax, utilizing chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT), is crucial for assisted diagnosis. Chest X-ray is commonly used for initial localization of pneumothorax, while CT ensures accurate…
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The abundance of overlapping anatomical structures appearing in chest radiographs can reduce the performance of lung pathology detection by automated algorithms (CAD) as well as the human reader. In this paper, we present a deep learning…