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Gender and age detection assist convolutional neural networks in classification of thorax diseases

ABSTRACT: Conventionally, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been used to identify and detect thorax diseases on chest x-ray images. To identify thorax diseases, CNNs typically learn two types of information: disease-specific features and generic anatomical features. CNNs focus on disease-specific features while ignoring the rest of the anatomical features during their operation. There is no evidence that generic anatomical features improve or worsen the performance of convolutional neural networks for thorax disease classification in the current research. As a consequence, the relevance of general anatomical features in boosting the performance of CNNs for thorax disease classification is investigated in this study. We employ a dual-stream CNN model to learn anatomical features before training the model for thorax disease classification. The dual-stream technique is used to compel the model to learn structural information because initial layers of CNNs often learn features of edges and boundaries. As a result, a dual-stream model with minimal layers learns structural and anatomical features as a priority. To make the technique more comprehensive, we first train the model to identify gender and age and then classify thorax diseases using the information acquired. Only when the model learns the anatomical features can it detect gender and age. We also use Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) and Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization (CLAHE) to pre-process the training data, which suppresses disease-related information while amplifying general anatomical features, allowing the model to acquire anatomical features considerably faster. Finally, the model that was earlier trained for gender and age detection is retrained for thorax disease classification using original data. The proposed technique increases the performance of convolutional neural networks for thorax disease classification, as per experiments on the Chest X-ray14 dataset. We can also see the significant parts of the image that contribute more for gender, age, and a certain thorax disease by visualizing the features. The proposed study achieves two goals: first, it produces novel gender and age identification results on chest X-ray images that may be used in biometrics, forensics, and anthropology, and second, it highlights the importance of general anatomical features in thorax disease classification. In comparison to state-of-the-art results, the proposed work also produces competitive results.

SUBMITTER: Ali M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592247 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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