Research Area: Machine Learning
As radiology is inherently a data-driven specialty, it is especially conducive to utilizing data processing techniques. One such technique, deep learning (DL), has become a remarkably powerful tool for image processing in recent years. In this work, the Association of University Radiologists Radiology Research Alliance Task Force on Deep Learning provides an overview of DL for the radiologist. This article aims to present an overview of DL in a manner that is understandable to radiologists; to examine past, present, and future applications; as well as to evaluate how radiologists may benefit from this remarkable new tool. We describe several areas within radiology in which DL techniques are having the most significant impact: lesion or disease detection, classification, quantification, and segmentation. The legal and ethical hurdles to implementation are also discussed. By taking advantage of this powerful tool, radiologists can become increasingly more accurate in their interpretations with fewer errors and spend more time to focus on patient care.
Keywords:
Deep Learning
Radiology
Machine Learning
Author(s) Name: Morgan P. McBee, Omer A. Awan, Andrew T. Colucci, Comeron W. Ghobadi , Nadja Kadom, Akash P. Kansagra, Srini Tridandapani, William F. Auffermann
Journal name: Academic Radiology
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Publisher name: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2018.02.018
Volume Information: Volume 25, Issue 11, November 2018, Pages 1472-1480
