Applying Deep Learning in Medical Images: The Case of Bone Age Estimation
- Authors
- Lee, Jang Hyung; Kim, Kwang Gi
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MEDICAL INFORMATICS
- Keywords
- Bone Age; Deep Learning; Python; Tensorflow; X-ray Imaging
- Citation
- HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS RESEARCH, v.24, no.1, pp.86 - 92
- Journal Title
- HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS RESEARCH
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 86
- End Page
- 92
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/4213
- DOI
- 10.4258/hir.2018.24.1.86
- ISSN
- 2093-3681
- Abstract
- Objectives: A diagnostic need often arises to estimate bone age from X-ray images of the hand of a subject during the growth period. Together with measured physical height, such information may be used as indicators for the height growth prognosis of the subject. We present a way to apply the deep learning technique to medical image analysis using hand bone age estimation as an example. Methods: Age estimation was formulated as a regression problem with hand X-ray images as input and estimated age as output. A set of hand X-ray images was used to form a training set with which a regression model was trained. An image preprocessing procedure is described which reduces image variations across data instances that are unrelated to age-wise variation. The use of Caffe, a deep learning tool is demonstrated. A rather simple deep learning network was adopted and trained for tutorial purpose. Results: A test set distinct from the training set was formed to assess the validity of the approach. The measured mean absolute difference value was 18.9 months, and the concordance correlation coefficient was 0.78. Conclusions: It is shown that the proposed deep learning-based neural network can be used to estimate a subject's age from hand X-ray images, which eliminates the need for tedious atlas look-ups in clinical environments and should improve the time and cost efficiency of the estimation process.
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