Non-invasive diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis from ultrasound imaging with machine learning

Abstract Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot most commonly found in the leg, which can lead to fatal pulmonary embolism (PE). Compression ultrasound of the legs is the diagnostic gold standard, leading to a definitive diagnosis. However, many patients with possible symptoms are not found to h...

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Main Authors: Bernhard Kainz, Mattias P. Heinrich, Antonios Makropoulos, Jonas Oppenheimer, Ramin Mandegaran, Shrinivasan Sankar, Christopher Deane, Sven Mischkewitz, Fouad Al-Noor, Andrew C. Rawdin, Andreas Ruttloff, Matthew D. Stevenson, Peter Klein-Weigel, Nicola Curry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:npj Digital Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00503-7