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Enhancing automated fracture detection in paediatric wrist X-rays with paired and unpaired cast suppression methods

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  • Stanley A. Norris

  • Daniel Carrion

  • Franko Hržić

  • John R. Zech

  • Sergio Uribe

  • Mohamed K. Badawy

  • March 19, 2026

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    Hand and wrist trauma significantly contributes to emergency department workloads, accounting for about 5% of presentations.

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    The presence of immobilization devices in X-rays complicates fracture detection due to introduced artefacts.

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    CycleGAN models have shown promise in suppressing cast artefacts in pediatric wrist X-rays, improving diagnostic confidence.

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    This study generated a synthetic paired dataset using unpaired CycleGAN models to evaluate cast suppression effects on fracture detection.

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    The research utilized a deep learning classifier to identify cast-free images, ensuring separation between cast suppression and fracture detection.

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Enhancing automated fracture detection in paediatric wrist X-rays with paired and unpaired cast suppression methods

  • by Stanley A. Norris, Daniel Carrion, Franko Hržić, John R. Zech, Sergio Uribe, Mohamed K. Badawy

  • March 19, 2026

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