Computational Intelligence and Healthcare Informatics

2Thoracic Image Analysis Using Deep Learning

Rakhi Wajgi¹*, Jitendra V. Tembhurne² and Dipak Wajgi²

¹Department of Computer Technology, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, India

²Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur, India

Abstract

Thoracic diseases are caused due to ill condition of heart, lungs, mediastinum, diaphragm, and great vessels. Basically, it is a disorder of organs in thoracic region (rib cage). Thoracic diseases create severe burden on the overall health of a person and ignorance to them may lead to the sudden death of patients. Lung tuberculosis is one of the thoracic diseases which is accepted as worldwide pandemic. Prevalence of thoracic diseases is rising day by day due to various environmental factors and COVID-19 has trigged it at higher level. Chest radiography is the only omnipresent solution utilized to capture the abnormalities in the chest. It requires periodic visits by patient and timely tracking of findings and observations from the chest radiographic reports. These thoracic disorders are classified under various classes such as Atelectasis, Pneumonia, Hernia, Edema, Emphysema, Cardiomegaly, Fibrosis, Pneumothorax, Consolidation, Pleural Thickening, Effusion, Infiltration, Nodules, and Mass. Precise and reliable detection of these disorders required experienced radiologist. The major area of research in this domain is accurate localization and classification of affected region. ...