Research and application progress of artificial intelligence-assisted imaging diagnosis in tuberculosis prevention and control
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease mainly transmitted through the respiratory tract.At present,diag-nosis is still one of the difficulties in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.Early,accurate and sensitive detection of tuberculosis focus is of great benefit to patients.The diagnosis of tuberculosis is mainly based on the comprehensive con-sideration of patients'symptoms and signs,laboratory tests and chest images currently.Among them,imaging examination plays a key role in supporting early diagnosis of tuberculosis,especially in screening and differential diagnosis of tuberculo-sis.In recent years,with the rapid development of computer technology,artificial intelligence(AI)has been widely applied in various aspects of the medical field,and continuous technological progress is promoting the widespread use of AI in ima-ging diagnosis.The combination of AI and the accumulation of a large number of medical images provides a new opportuni-ty for the establishment of computer aided detection systems in medical applications.More and more research reflects the value of AI assisted image diagnosis technology in the image diagnosis of tuberculosis.This article reviews the research and application progress of AI assisted imaging diagnosis in the detection of tuberculosis.