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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Image segmentation using transfer learning and Fast R-CNN for diabetic foot wound treatments.

Huang-Nan Huang, Tianyi Zhang, Chao-Tung Yang, Yi-Jing Sheen, Hsian-Min Chen, Chur-Jen Chen, Meng-Wen Tseng

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huang-Nan HuangDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Tianyi ZhangDepartment of Computer Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chao-Tung YangDepartment of Computer Science, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yi-Jing SheenDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hsian-Min ChenDepartment of Medical Research, Center for Quantitative Imaging in Medicine (CQUIM), Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chur-Jen ChenDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Meng-Wen TsengDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Tunghai University · TWTaichung Veterans General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are considered the most challenging forms of chronic ulcerations to handle their multifactorial nature. It is necessary to establish a comprehensive treatment plan, accurate, and systematic evaluation of a patient with a DFU. This paper proposed an image recognition of diabetic foot wounds to support the effective execution of the treatment plan. In the severity of a diabetic foot ulcer, we refer to the current qualitative evaluation method commonly used in clinical practice, developed by the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot: PEDIS index, and the evaluation made by physicians. The deep neural network, convolutional neural network, object recognition, and other technologies are applied to analyze the classification, location, and size of wounds by image analysis technology. The image features are labeled with the help of the physician. The Object Detection Fast R-CNN method is applied to these wound images to build and train machine learning modules and evaluate their effectiveness. In the assessment accuracy, it can be indicated that the wound image detection data can be as high as 90%.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMachine LearningNeural Networks, Computerdeep neural networkdiabetic footFast R-CNNGrabCutSURFtransfer learningwound treatment

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PMID36203688
PMCPMC9530356
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