Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media : Vocabulary and Grammar
Joint Authors
Hoberman, Alejandro
Kuruvilla, Anupama
Shaikh, Nader
Kovačević, Jelena
Source
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-08-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We propose a novel automated algorithm for classifying diagnostic categories of otitis media: acute otitis media, otitis media with effusion, and no effusion.
Acute otitis media represents a bacterial superinfection of the middle ear fluid, while otitis media with effusion represents a sterile effusion that tends to subside spontaneously.
Diagnosing children with acute otitis media is difficult, often leading to overprescription of antibiotics as they are beneficial only for children with acute otitis media.
This underscores the need for an accurate and automated diagnostic algorithm.
To that end, we design a feature set understood by both otoscopists and engineers based on the actual visual cues used by otoscopists; we term this the otitis media vocabulary.
We also design a process to combine the vocabulary terms based on the decision process used by otoscopists; we term this the otitis media grammar.
The algorithm achieves 89.9% classification accuracy, outperforming both clinicians who did not receive special training and state-of-the-art classifiers.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kuruvilla, Anupama& Shaikh, Nader& Hoberman, Alejandro& Kovačević, Jelena. 2013. Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media : Vocabulary and Grammar. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-15.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kuruvilla, Anupama…[et al.]. Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media : Vocabulary and Grammar. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-15.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kuruvilla, Anupama& Shaikh, Nader& Hoberman, Alejandro& Kovačević, Jelena. Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media : Vocabulary and Grammar. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463846
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463846