RheumaSCORE: A CAD System for Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis and Follow-Up

摘要

Recently, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) has become one of the major research subjects in medical imaging and diagnostic radiology. The goal of a CAD is to improve the quality and productivity of physicians' job by improving the accuracy and consistency of radiological diagnosis. This paper describes RheumaSCORE, a CAD system specialized for the diagnosis and treatment of patients affected by bone erosions, as a consequence of one of the most common and serious forms of arthritis, the Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and gives an overview of its main features.