Automated renal segmentation in healthy and chronic kidney disease subjects using a convolutional neural network.

Alexander J DanielCharlotte E BuchananThomas AllcockDaniel ScerriEleanor F CoxBenjamin L PrestwichSusan T Francis

Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2021)

The 2D CNN method provides fully automated segmentation of the left and right kidney and calculation of TKV in <10 s on a standard office computer, allowing high data throughput and is a freely available executable.

Keyphrases

convolutional neural network
deep learning
chronic kidney disease
artificial intelligence
machine learning
end stage renal disease
big data
electronic health record
high throughput
peritoneal dialysis