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To evaluate automated digital and hybrid optical-digital image processing techniques for mass screening and profusion assessment of coal worker's pneumoconiosis on chest radiographs.

January 1, 1974IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics

Computer Diagnosis of Pneumoconiosis

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RKR. P. KrugerUniversity of Southern California WTWilliam B. ThompsonUniversity of Arizona ATAlison TurnerThe University of Melbourne

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Diagnostic study demonstrates accurate automated detection of coal worker pneumoconiosis on chest radiographs, highlighting the feasibility of computer-assisted mass screening.

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To evaluate automated digital and hybrid optical-digital image processing techniques for mass screening and profusion assessment of coal worker's pneumoconiosis on chest radiographs.
Assessed a digital processing method based on the measurement and extraction of image texture from routine posterior-anterior chest radiographs.
Assessed a hybrid optical-digital diagnostic approach utilizing the optical Fourier transform to detect lung abnormalities.
Both digital texture analysis and hybrid optical-digital approaches matched the diagnostic classification accuracy of experienced radiologists without quantitative performance disparities reported.
Both automated methods successfully identified the presence and profusion stage of coal worker's pneumoconiosis directly from standard chest films.

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Kruger et al. (1974) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a155212814bf8ec9a4e688d https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.1974.5408519

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Diagnostic study demonstrates accurate automated detection of coal worker pneumoconiosis on chest radiographs, highlighting the feasibility of computer-assisted mass screening.

Computer Diagnosis of Pneumoconiosis

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