Chest X-ray findings can help a doctor find nodules, masses, or lesions that indicate colonies of TB bacteria and damage to tissues from infectious bacteria. These usually show up as brighter ...

The decision to send someone for an X-ray may derive from their symptoms, medical history, and risk factors for TB. Doctors who suspect TB recommend a chest X-ray at a radiology center or hospital ...

In children exposed to tuberculosis, chest radiography helped in detecting asymptomatic coprevalent TB and predicting incident TB after baseline, according to a study in American Journal of ...

However, chest X-rays are non-specific – i.e. abnormalities seen on a chest X-ray can suggest TB but can’t be used to exclude other diseases that also cause similar radiological features.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians diagnose tuberculosis in parts of the world where radiologists are scarce, a new study suggests. AI software successfully identified tuberculosis ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) software can detect tuberculosis (TB) from chest x-rays at an accuracy level comparable to, or better than, that of the radiologists tested, new research indicates ...

Highlights: DeepTek’s Chest X-ray AI solution is now a certified Class IIb medical device under EU MDR ; The AI can detect over 20 lung disorders and recognize medical devices in chest X-rays ...

According to the National TB Prevalence Survey, nearly 43 per cent of TB cases would have been missed if chest Xray was not included. A nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) ...

Among them, 130,914 underwent symptom screening and 125,870 underwent both symptom screening and chest X-ray examination. Those with symptoms of TB and/or abnormal chest X-rays were tested for TB ...