Digital Radiography-Based Pneumoconiosis Diagnosis via Vision Transformer Networks
Qingpeng Wei1,#, Wenai Song1,#, Lizhen Fu1, Yi Lei2, Qing Wang2,*
Journal on Artificial Intelligence, Vol.7, pp. 39-53, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jai.2025.063188
- 23 April 2025
Abstract Pneumoconiosis, a prevalent occupational lung disease characterized by fibrosis and impaired lung function, necessitates early and accurate diagnosis to prevent further progression and ensure timely clinical intervention. This study investigates the potential application of the Vision Transformer (ViT) deep learning model for automated pneumoconiosis classification using digital radiography (DR) images. We utilized digital X-ray images from 934 suspected pneumoconiosis patients. A U-Net model was applied for lung segmentation, followed by Canny edge detection to divide the lungs into six anatomical regions. The segmented images were augmented and used to train the ViT model. Model component… More >