I. I. Kosik, A. M. Nedzvedz, R. M. Karapetsian, “Combined algorithm for bone age determination based on hand x-rays analysis”, Journal of the Belarusian State University. Mathematics and Informatics, 2020, Volume 2,Pages <nobr>105

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Theoretical foundations of computer science

Combined algorithm for bone age determination based on hand x-rays analysis

I. I. Kosik^a, A. M. Nedzvedz^bc, R. M. Karapetsian^a

^a Belarusian State Medical University, 83 Dziaržynskaha Avenue, Minsk 220116, Belarus
^b Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
^c United Institute of Informatics Problems, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 6 Surhanava Street, Minsk 220012, Belarus

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the urgent problem associated with bone age determination using hand X-rays. A combined algorithm for the recognition of radiographs is proposed, which uses simultaneous two neural network models, based on Xception and DenseNet169. The method allows to generalize the knowledge of different medical experts and increases the accuracy of bone age prediction in general

Keywords: bone age; X-ray; radiograph; image processing; activation map; convolutional neural network; automation of diagnostics.

UDC: 004.93’1:004.032:621.38.049.77

Received: 14.04.2020

DOI: 10.33581/2520-6508-2020-2-105-114