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ReviewFrontiers in public health2023

Medical image analysis using deep learning algorithms.

Mengfang Li, Yuanyuan Jiang, Yanzhou Zhang, Haisheng Zhu

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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164citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
90.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

164 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 395 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mengfang LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yuanyuan JiangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Yanzhou ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Haisheng ZhuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wencheng People's Hospital, Wencheng, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CNZoucheng People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the field of medical image analysis within deep learning (DL), the importance of employing advanced DL techniques cannot be overstated. DL has achieved impressive results in various areas, making it particularly noteworthy for medical image analysis in healthcare. The integration of DL with medical image analysis enables real-time analysis of vast and intricate datasets, yielding insights that significantly enhance healthcare outcomes and operational efficiency in the industry. This extensive review of existing literature conducts a thorough examination of the most recent deep learning (DL) approaches designed to address the difficulties faced in medical healthcare, particularly focusing on the use of deep learning algorithms in medical image analysis. Falling all the investigated papers into five different categories in terms of their techniques, we have assessed them according to some critical parameters. Through a systematic categorization of state-of-the-art DL techniques, such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) models, and hybrid models, this study explores their underlying principles, advantages, limitations, methodologies, simulation environments, and datasets. Based on our results, Python was the most frequent programming language used for implementing the proposed methods in the investigated papers. Notably, the majority of the scrutinized papers were published in 2021, underscoring the contemporaneous nature of the research. Moreover, this review accentuates the forefront advancements in DL techniques and their practical applications within the realm of medical image analysis, while simultaneously addressing the challenges that hinder the widespread implementation of DL in image analysis within the medical healthcare domains. These discerned insights serve as compelling impetuses for future studies aimed at the progressive advancement of image analysis in medical healthcare research. The evaluation metrics employed across the reviewed articles encompass a broad spectrum of features, encompassing accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, F-score, robustness, computational complexity, and generalizability.

Indexed as

Deep LearningAlgorithmsComputer SimulationImage Processing, Computer-AssistedNeural Networks, Computerconvolutional neural networksdeep learningimage analysismachine learningmedical images

Identifiers

PMID38026291
PMCPMC10662291
OpenAlexW4388459526

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