Correlation of microbiological yield with radiographic activity on chest computed tomography in cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis.

Yousang KoHo Young LeeYong Bum ParkSu Jin HongJeong Hwan ShinSeok Jin ChoiChangwhan KimSo Young ParkJin Young Jeong

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Radiographic activity showed good diagnostic performance, and can be used easily in clinical practice. However, clinicians should consider other possibilities, because radiologic images do not confirm microbiological PTB.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
computed tomography
clinical practice
mycobacterium tuberculosis
deep learning
palliative care
positron emission tomography
convolutional neural network
pulmonary embolism
image quality
pet ct