Enhancing Wrist Abnormality Detection with YOLO: Analysis of State-of-the-Art Single-Stage Detection Models

Authors: A Ahmed, AS Imran, A Manaf, Z Kastrati, SM Daudpota. Published in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control 93, 106144.

Abstract: Diagnosing and treating abnormalities in the wrist, specifically distal radius, and ulna fractures, is a crucial concern among children, adolescents, and young adults, with a higher incidence rate during puberty. However, the scarcity of radiologists and the lack of specialized training among medical professionals pose a significant risk to patient care. This problem is further exacerbated by the rising number of imaging studies and limited access to specialist reporting in certain regions. This highlights the need for innovative solutions to improve the diagnosis and treatment of wrist abnormalities. Automated wrist fracture detection using object detection has shown potential, but current studies mainly use two-stage detection methods with limited evidence for single-stage effectiveness. This study employs state-of-the-art single-stage deep neural network-based detection models YOLOv5, YOLOv6, YOLOv7, and YOLOv8 to …

Pediatric Wrist Fracture Detection in X-rays via YOLOv10 Algorithm and Dual Label Assignment System

Authors: A Ahmed, A Manaf. Preprint available at arXiv:2407.15689.

Abstract: Wrist fractures are highly prevalent among children and can significantly impact their daily activities, such as attending school, participating in sports, and performing basic self-care tasks. If not treated properly, these fractures can result in chronic pain, reduced wrist functionality, and other long-term complications. Recently, advancements in object detection have shown promise in enhancing fracture detection, with systems achieving accuracy comparable to, or even surpassing, that of human radiologists. The YOLO series, in particular, has demonstrated notable success in this domain. This study is the first to provide a thorough evaluation of various YOLOv10 variants to assess their performance in detecting pediatric wrist fractures using the GRAZPEDWRI-DX dataset. It investigates how changes in model complexity, scaling the architecture, and implementing a dual-label assignment strategy can enhance detection performance. Experimental results indicate that our trained model achieved mean average precision (mAP@50-95) of 51.9%, surpassing the current YOLOv9 benchmark of 43.3% on this dataset. This represents an improvement of 8.6%.

Small Data, Big Impact: A Multi-Locale Bone Fracture Detection on an Extremely Limited Dataset Via Crack-Informed YOLOv9 Variants

Authors: A Ahmed, AS Imran, A Manaf, Z Kastrati. Presented at the 21st International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2024), Islamabad, Pakistan, December 9-10.

Abstract: Automated wrist fracture recognition has become a crucial research area due to the challenge of accurate X-ray interpretation in clinical settings. This study utilizes an extremely limited multi-region fracture dataset and proposes a novel approach where YOLOv9 is pre-trained on surface cracks rather than COCO. This method achieves state-of-the-art (SOTA) performance on the newly released FracAtlas dataset, improving the mean average precision (mAP) score by 7% and sensitivity by 13%.

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