Abstract: Does Bone Suppression and Lung Detection Improve Chest Disease Classification?

Ivo M. Baltruschat, Leonhard Steinmeister, Harald Ittrich, Gerhard Adam, Hannes Nickisch, Axel Saalbach, Jens von Berg, Michael Grass, Tobias Knopp

Abstract: Chest radiography is the most common clinical examination type. To improve the quality of patient care and to reduce workload, researchers started developing methods for automatic pathology classification. In our paper [1], we investigate the effect of advanced image processing techniques – initially developed to support radiologists – on the performance of deep learning techniques.