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. 2014 Dec;4(6):475-7.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-4292.2014.11.20.

Two public chest X-ray datasets for computer-aided screening of pulmonary diseases

Stefan Jaeger  1 , Sema Candemir  1 , Sameer Antani  1 , Yì-Xiáng J Wáng  1 , Pu-Xuan Lu  1 , George Thoma  1
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Two public chest X-ray datasets for computer-aided screening of pulmonary diseases

Stefan Jaeger et al. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

The U.S. National Library of Medicine has made two datasets of postero-anterior (PA) chest radiographs available to foster research in computer-aided diagnosis of pulmonary diseases with a special focus on pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The radiographs were acquired from the Department of Health and Human Services, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA and Shenzhen No. 3 People's Hospital in China. Both datasets contain normal and abnormal chest X-rays with manifestations of TB and include associated radiologist readings.

Keywords: Tuberculosis (TB); automatic screening; chest X-rays; computer-aided diagnosis; medical imaging.

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