Automatic classification of pediatric pneumonia based on lung ultrasound pattern recognition.

Pneumonia is one of the major causes of child mortality, yet with a timely diagnosis, it is usually curable with antibiotic therapy. In many developing regions, diagnosing pneumonia remains a challenge, due to shortages of medical resources. Lung ultrasound has proved to be a useful tool to detect l...

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Main Authors: Malena Correa, Mirko Zimic, Franklin Barrientos, Ronald Barrientos, Avid Román-Gonzalez, Mónica J Pajuelo, Cynthia Anticona, Holger Mayta, Alicia Alva, Leonardo Solis-Vasquez, Dante Anibal Figueroa, Miguel A Chavez, Roberto Lavarello, Benjamín Castañeda, Valerie A Paz-Soldán, William Checkley, Robert H Gilman, Richard Oberhelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206410