An online real-time DICOM web-based computer-aided diagnosis system for bone age assessment of children in a PACS environment

Kevin C. Ma; Aifeng Zhang; Paymann Moin; Mariam Fleshman; Linda Vachon; Brent Liu; H. K. Huang

doi:10.1117/12.816634

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13 March 2009 An online real-time DICOM web-based computer-aided diagnosis system for bone age assessment of children in a PACS environment

Kevin C. Ma, Aifeng Zhang, Paymann Moin, Mariam Fleshman, Linda Vachon, Brent Liu, H. K. Huang

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Proceedings Volume 7264, Medical Imaging 2009: Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Therapeutic Applications; 726418 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816634
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2009, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Bone age assessment is a radiological procedure to evaluate a child's bone age based on his or her left-hand x-ray image. The current standard is to match patient's hand with Greulich & Pyle hand atlas, which is outdated by 50 years and only uses subjects from one region and one ethnicity. To improve bone age assessment accuracy for today's children, an automated race- and gender-specific bone age assessment (BAA) system has been developed in IPILab. 1390 normal left-hand x-ray images have been collected at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) to form the digital hand atlas (DHA). DHA includes both male and female children of ages one to eighteen and of four ethnic groups: African American, Asian American, Caucasian, and Hispanic. In order to apply DHA and BAA CAD into a clinical environment, a web-based BAA CAD system and graphical user interface (GUI) has been implemented in Women and Children's Hospital at Los Angeles County (WCH-LAC). A CAD server has been integrated in WCH's PACS environment, and a clinical validation workflow has been designed for radiologists, who compare CAD readings with G&P readings and determine which reading is more suited for a certain case. Readings are logged in database and analyzed to assess BAA CAD performance in a clinical setting. The result is a successful installation of web-based BAA CAD system in a clinical setting.

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Kevin C. Ma, Aifeng Zhang, Paymann Moin, Mariam Fleshman, Linda Vachon, Brent Liu, and H. K. Huang "An online real-time DICOM web-based computer-aided diagnosis system for bone age assessment of children in a PACS environment", Proc. SPIE 7264, Medical Imaging 2009: Advanced PACS-based Imaging Informatics and Therapeutic Applications, 726418 (13 March 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.816634

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