Automated detection of chronic kidney disease using higher-order features and elongated quinary patterns from B-mode ultrasound images

• Main Authors: Acharya, U. Rajendra, Meiburger, Kristen M., Koh, Joel En Wei, Hagiwara, Yuki, Oh, Shu Lih, Leong, Sook Sam, Ciaccio, Edward J., Wong, Jeannie Hsiu Ding, Shah, Mohammad Nazri Md, Molinari, Filippo, Ng, Kwan Hoong
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer London Ltd 2020
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36499/

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a continuing loss of kidney function, and early detection of this disease is fundamental to halting its progression to end-stage disease. Numerous methods have been proposed to detect CKD, mainly focusing on classification based upon peripheral clinical parameters and...