Artificial Intelligence

Chapter 15

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Thyroidology

Johnson Thomas

Mercy Clinic Endocrinology

CONTENTS

15.1   Introduction

15.2   Ultrasound Image Classification

15.3   Applications in Cytopathology

15.4   Molecular Diagnosis

15.5   Wearables

15.6   Generative Adversarial Networks

15.7   Discussion

References

15.1   Introduction

Thyroid dysfunction is one of the most common endocrine diseases. About 4.7% of the United States population has undiagnosed thyroid disease (Garmendia Madariaga, Santos Palacios, Guillén-Grima, & Galofré, 2014). Thyroid nodules could be present in up to 67% of the population (Ezzat, Sarti, Cain, & Braunstein, 1994). Increased incidence of thyroid nodules has been attributed to increased use of imaging ...