Background:Pneumoconioses,a group of occupational lung diseases caused by inhalation of mineral dust,pose significant health risks to affected individuals.Accurate assessment of profusion(extent of lung involvement)in...Background:Pneumoconioses,a group of occupational lung diseases caused by inhalation of mineral dust,pose significant health risks to affected individuals.Accurate assessment of profusion(extent of lung involvement)in chest radiographs is essential for screening,diagnosis and monitoring of the diseases along with epidemiological classification.This study explores an automated classification system combining U-Net-based segmentation for lung field delineation and DenseNet121 with ImageNet-based transfer learning for profusion classification.Methods:Lung field segmentation using U-Net achieved precise delineation,ensuring accurate region-of-interest definition.Transfer learning with DenseNet121 leveraged pre-trained knowledge from ImageNet,minimizing the need for extensive training.The model was fine-tuned with International Labour Organization(ILO)-2022 version standard chest radiographs and evaluated on a diverse dataset of ILO-2000 version standardized radiographs.Results:The U-Net-based segmentation demonstrated robust performance(Accuracy 94%and Dice Coefficient 90%),facilitating subsequent profusion classification.The DenseNet121-based transfer learning model exhibited high accuracy(95%),precision(92%),and recall(94%)for classifying four profusion levels on test ILO 2000/2011D dataset.The final Evaluation on ILO-2000 radiographs highlighted its generalization capability.Conclusion:The proposed system offers clinical promise,aiding radiologists,pulmonologists,general physicians,and occupational health specialists in pneumoconioses screening,diagnosis,monitoring and epidemiological classification.Best of our knowledge,this is the first work in the field of automated Classification of Profusion in Chest Radiographs of Pneumoconioses based on recently published latest ILO-2022 standard.Future research should focus on further refinement and real-world validation.This approach exemplifies the potential of deep learning for enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of pneumoconioses assessment,benefiting industrial workers,patients,and healthcare providers.展开更多
文摘Background:Pneumoconioses,a group of occupational lung diseases caused by inhalation of mineral dust,pose significant health risks to affected individuals.Accurate assessment of profusion(extent of lung involvement)in chest radiographs is essential for screening,diagnosis and monitoring of the diseases along with epidemiological classification.This study explores an automated classification system combining U-Net-based segmentation for lung field delineation and DenseNet121 with ImageNet-based transfer learning for profusion classification.Methods:Lung field segmentation using U-Net achieved precise delineation,ensuring accurate region-of-interest definition.Transfer learning with DenseNet121 leveraged pre-trained knowledge from ImageNet,minimizing the need for extensive training.The model was fine-tuned with International Labour Organization(ILO)-2022 version standard chest radiographs and evaluated on a diverse dataset of ILO-2000 version standardized radiographs.Results:The U-Net-based segmentation demonstrated robust performance(Accuracy 94%and Dice Coefficient 90%),facilitating subsequent profusion classification.The DenseNet121-based transfer learning model exhibited high accuracy(95%),precision(92%),and recall(94%)for classifying four profusion levels on test ILO 2000/2011D dataset.The final Evaluation on ILO-2000 radiographs highlighted its generalization capability.Conclusion:The proposed system offers clinical promise,aiding radiologists,pulmonologists,general physicians,and occupational health specialists in pneumoconioses screening,diagnosis,monitoring and epidemiological classification.Best of our knowledge,this is the first work in the field of automated Classification of Profusion in Chest Radiographs of Pneumoconioses based on recently published latest ILO-2022 standard.Future research should focus on further refinement and real-world validation.This approach exemplifies the potential of deep learning for enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of pneumoconioses assessment,benefiting industrial workers,patients,and healthcare providers.
