Abstract
Pericardial effusion can be a sign of significant underlying diease and, in some cases, may lead to death. Post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) is a well-established tool to assist death investigation processes in the forensic setting. In practice, the scarcity of well-trained radiologists is a challenge in processing raw whole-body PMCT images for pericardial effusion detection. In this work, we propose a Pericardial Effusion Automatic Detection (PEAD) framework to automatically process raw whole-body PMCT images to filter out the irrelevant images with heart organ absent and focus on pericardial effusion detection. In PEAD, the standard convolutional neural network architectures of VGG and ResNet are carefully modified to fit the specific characteristics of PMCT images. The experimental results prove the effectiveness of the proposed framework and modified models. The modified VGG and ResNet models achieved superior detection accuracy than the standard architecture with reduced processing speed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | MEDINFO 2023 — The Future Is Accessible |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
Editors | Jen Bichel-Findlay, Paula Otero, Philip Scott, Elaine Huesing |
Place of Publication | Amsterdam Netherlands |
Publisher | IOS Press |
Pages | 745-749 |
Number of pages | 5 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781643684574 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781643684567 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics 2023 - International Conference Centre, Sydney, Australia Duration: 8 Jul 2023 → 12 Aug 2023 Conference number: 19th https://medinfo2023.org/ https://ebooks.iospress.nl/volume/medinfo-2023-the-future-is-accessible-proceedings-of-the-19th-world-congress-on-medical-and-health-informatics (Published proceedings) |
Publication series
Name | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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Publisher | IOS Press |
Volume | 310 |
ISSN (Print) | 0926-9630 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8365 |
Conference
Conference | World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | MEDINFO 2023 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 8/07/23 → 12/08/23 |
Other | Theme: The Future is Accessible |
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Keywords
- convolutional neural network
- Pericardial effusion detection
- post-mortem computed tomography