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Tuberculosis(TB) in India is the world's largest TB epidemic. TB leads to 480,000 deaths every year. Between the years 2006 and 2014, Indian economy lost US$340 Billion due to TB. This combined with the emergence of drug resistant bacteria…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-23 Sonaal Kant , Muktabh Mayank Srivastava

Tuberculosis (TB) is the world's deadliest infectious disease, with over 1.5 million deaths annually and 10 million new cases reported each year. The causative organism, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) can take nearly 40 days to culture, a…

The results of chest X-ray (CXR) analysis of 2D images to get the statistically reliable predictions (availability of tuberculosis) by computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) on the basis of deep learning are presented. They demonstrate the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-19 Sergii Stirenko , Yuriy Kochura , Oleg Alienin , Oleksandr Rokovyi , Peng Gang , Wei Zeng , Yuri Gordienko

We developed a deep learning model-based system to automatically generate a quantitative Computed Tomography (CT) diagnostic report for Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) cases.501 CT imaging datasets from 223 patients with active PTB were…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-18 Wei Wu , Xukun Li , Peng Du , Guanjing Lang , Min Xu , Kaijin Xu , Lanjuan Li

The evaluation of infectious disease processes on radiologic images is an important and challenging task in medical image analysis. Pulmonary infections can often be best imaged and evaluated through computed tomography (CT) scans, which…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-24 Ashia Lewis , Evanjelin Mahmoodi , Yuyue Zhou , Megan Coffee , Elena Sizikova

Pretraining has sparked groundswell of interest in deep learning workflows to learn from limited data and improve generalization. While this is common for 2D image classification tasks, its application to 3D medical imaging tasks like chest…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Hasib Zunair , Aimon Rahman , Nabeel Mohammed

Chest X-ray imaging remains the primary diagnostic tool for pulmonary and cardiac disorders worldwide, yet its accuracy is hampered by radiologist shortages and inter-observer variability. This study presents a systematic comparative…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Ali M. Bahram , Saman Muhammad Omer , Hardi M. Mohammed

Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious bacterial disease, is a significant cause of death, especially in low-income countries, with an estimated ten million new cases reported globally in $2020$. While TB is treatable, non-adherence to the…

Diagnostic tests that can detect pre-clinical or sub-clinical infection, are one of the most powerful tools in our armoury of weapons to control infectious diseases. Considerable effort has been paid to improving diagnostic testing for…

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

Deep learning (DL) models are state-of-the-art in segmenting anatomical and disease regions of interest (ROIs) in medical images. Particularly, a large number of DL-based techniques have been reported using chest X-rays (CXRs). However,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-30 Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman , Feng Yang , Ghada Zamzmi , Zhiyun Xue , Sameer Antani

Tuberculosis, caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. This work seeks to facilitate and automate the prediction of tuberculosis by the MODS method and using…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-07 Dennis Núñez-Fernández , Lamberto Ballan , Gabriel Jiménez-Avalos , Jorge Coronel , Mirko Zimic

In this paper, we propose a standardized framework for automatic tuberculosis (TB) detection from cough audio and routinely collected clinical data using machine learning. While TB screening from audio has attracted growing interest,…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-16 George P. Kafentzis , Efstratios Selisios

The paper presents and comparatively analyses several deep learning approaches to automatically detect tuberculosis related lesions in lung CTs, in the context of the ImageClef 2020 Tuberculosis task. Three classes of methods, different…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-10 Radu Miron , Cosmin Moisii , Mihaela Breaban

This study evaluates the effectiveness of deep learning models in classifying histopathological images for early and accurate detection of breast cancer. Eight advanced models, including ResNet-50, DenseNet-121, ResNeXt-50, Vision…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-09 Sania Eskandari , Ali Eslamian , Nusrat Munia , Amjad Alqarni , Qiang Cheng

Background: Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious bacterial disease presenting similar symptoms to pneumonia; therefore, differentiating between TB and pneumonia is challenging. Therefore, the main aim of this study is proposing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-07 Toktam Khatibi , Ali Farahani , Hossein Sarmadian

Tuberculosis (TB) is a top-10 cause of death worldwide. Though the WHO recommends chest radiographs (CXRs) for TB screening, the limited availability of CXR interpretation is a barrier. We trained a deep learning system (DLS) to detect…

Purpose:Chest X-ray (CXR) is an essential tool and one of the most prescribed imaging to detect pulmonary abnormalities, with a yearly estimate of over 2 billion imaging performed worldwide. However, the accurate and timely diagnosis of TB…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Subhankar Chattoraj , Bhargava Reddy , Manoj Tadepalli , Preetham Putha

Pneumonia, caused by bacteria and viruses, is a rapidly spreading viral infection with global implications. Prompt identification of infected individuals is crucial for containing its transmission. This study explores the potential of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-22 M. S. Haque , M. S. Taluckder , S. B. Shawkat , M. A. Shahriyar , M. A. Sayed , C. Modak

Automated segmentation of tuberculosis (TB)-consistent lesions in chest X-rays (CXRs) using deep learning (DL) methods can help reduce radiologist effort, supplement clinical decision-making, and potentially result in improved patient…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-14 Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman , Feng Yang , Ghada Zamzmi , Peng Guo , Zhiyun Xue , Sameer K Antani