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Computer automated algorithm to evaluate cavitary lesions in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis

Alvaro Proaño, Ziyue Xu, Philip Caligiuri, Daniel J. Mollura, Robert H. Gilman, Tuberculosis Working Group in Peru

Abstract

The presence of a cavitary lesion is a radiographic hallmark of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The sizes of the cavitary lesion and its proximity to the bronchial tree have been associated with mycobacterial burden (1).

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