{
  "id": 114335,
  "title": "This may help improve performance ",
  "url": "/competitions/rsna-intracranial-hemorrhage-detection/discussion/114335",
  "author_name": "FelipeKitamura, MD, PhD",
  "post_date": "2019-10-25T15:14:10.469000",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 6,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I just found this paper and it seems to be helpful.</p>\n\n<p>Image Thresholding Improves 3-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network Diagnosis of Different Acute Brain Hemorrhages on Computed Tomography Scans\nJustin Ker, Satya P. Singh, [...], and Lipo Wang</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/</a></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 657995,
      "postDate": "2019-10-25T15:14:10.470Z",
      "content": "<p>I just found this paper and it seems to be helpful.</p>\n\n<p>Image Thresholding Improves 3-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network Diagnosis of Different Acute Brain Hemorrhages on Computed Tomography Scans\nJustin Ker, Satya P. Singh, [...], and Lipo Wang</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I just found this paper and it seems to be helpful.\n\nImage Thresholding Improves 3-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network Diagnosis of Different Acute Brain Hemorrhages on Computed Tomography Scans\nJustin Ker, Satya P. Singh, [...], and Lipo Wang\n\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/\n\n",
      "votes": 6
    },
    {
      "id": 662124,
      "postDate": "2019-10-31T05:48:51.923Z",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing <a href=\"/felipekitamura\">@felipekitamura</a> \nJust to add on a simple article which i could understand atleast :)\n<a href=\"https://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level\">https://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level</a> \nIs it something similar to below example\nA window with a level of 0 HU and a width of 400 HU will have a \nrange of −200 HU to +200 HU. Any tissue with a density of −200 HU or less will be black, and any tissue with a \ndensity of +200 HU or more will be white.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing @felipekitamura \nJust to add on a simple article which i could understand atleast :)\nhttps://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level \nIs it something similar to below example\nA window with a level of 0 HU and a width of 400 HU will have a \nrange of −200 HU to +200 HU. Any tissue with a density of −200 HU or less will be black, and any tissue with a \ndensity of +200 HU or more will be white.\n",
      "votes": 1
    },
    {
      "id": 660686,
      "postDate": "2019-10-29T13:23:13.347Z",
      "content": "<p>Damn, this article is fun and I want to try so many things but resources are so limited as an individual... God I wish kaggle didn't put such a low limit on gpu quota. 😿 </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Damn, this article is fun and I want to try so many things but resources are so limited as an individual... God I wish kaggle didn't put such a low limit on gpu quota. 😿 ",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 660768,
          "postDate": "2019-10-29T15:15:58.827Z",
          "content": "<p>Haha, yeah I feel ya Max. I lost 39 hours of gpu quota due to some bugs, and another time due to the kernel taking more than 9 hours to complete training. 😄 Try out GCP!</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Haha, yeah I feel ya Max. I lost 39 hours of gpu quota due to some bugs, and another time due to the kernel taking more than 9 hours to complete training. 😄 Try out GCP!",
          "votes": 2
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 658327,
      "postDate": "2019-10-25T22:28:50.197Z",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing:\nThresholding seems interesting, not entirely clear how it was implemented. Though the improvement in training time is substantial!!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks for sharing:\nThresholding seems interesting, not entirely clear how it was implemented. Though the improvement in training time is substantial!!",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 658353,
          "postDate": "2019-10-25T23:09:32.740Z",
          "content": "<p>I would say, zero out everything below ~45HU and everything above ~110HU. But this is just a guess from a radiologist. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "I would say, zero out everything below ~45HU and everything above ~110HU. But this is just a guess from a radiologist. ",
          "votes": 1
        },
        {
          "id": 660998,
          "postDate": "2019-10-29T21:09:30.287Z",
          "content": "<p>Tried this recently, a simpler version though. I really creates sharp edges, different individual parts become more visible, it improved score on a simple, low res model, but gave no substantial benefit on full resolution. </p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Tried this recently, a simpler version though. I really creates sharp edges, different individual parts become more visible, it improved score on a simple, low res model, but gave no substantial benefit on full resolution. ",
          "votes": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 662124,
      "author_name": "NeerajSharma",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-10-31T05:48:51.923000",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing <a href=\"/felipekitamura\">@felipekitamura</a> \nJust to add on a simple article which i could understand atleast :)\n<a href=\"https://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level\">https://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level</a> \nIs it something similar to below example\nA window with a level of 0 HU and a width of 400 HU will have a \nrange of −200 HU to +200 HU. Any tissue with a density of −200 HU or less will be black, and any tissue with a \ndensity of +200 HU or more will be white.</p>",
      "votes": 1,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 660686,
      "author_name": "madmax0404",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-10-29T13:23:13.347000",
      "content": "<p>Damn, this article is fun and I want to try so many things but resources are so limited as an individual... God I wish kaggle didn't put such a low limit on gpu quota. 😿 </p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 660768,
          "author_name": "David Tang",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-10-29T15:15:58.827000",
          "content": "<p>Haha, yeah I feel ya Max. I lost 39 hours of gpu quota due to some bugs, and another time due to the kernel taking more than 9 hours to complete training. 😄 Try out GCP!</p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 658327,
      "author_name": "David Tang",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2019-10-25T22:28:50.197000",
      "content": "<p>Thanks for sharing:\nThresholding seems interesting, not entirely clear how it was implemented. Though the improvement in training time is substantial!!</p>",
      "votes": 2,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 658353,
          "author_name": "FelipeKitamura, MD, PhD",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-10-25T23:09:32.740000",
          "content": "<p>I would say, zero out everything below ~45HU and everything above ~110HU. But this is just a guess from a radiologist. </p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 660998,
          "author_name": "Eek The Cat",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2019-10-29T21:09:30.287000",
          "content": "<p>Tried this recently, a simpler version though. I really creates sharp edges, different individual parts become more visible, it improved score on a simple, low res model, but gave no substantial benefit on full resolution. </p>",
          "votes": 4,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "657995": "I just found this paper and it seems to be helpful.\n\nImage Thresholding Improves 3-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network Diagnosis of Different Acute Brain Hemorrhages on Computed Tomography Scans\nJustin Ker, Satya P. Singh, [...], and Lipo Wang\n\nhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539746/\n\n",
    "662124": "Thanks for sharing @felipekitamura \nJust to add on a simple article which i could understand atleast :)\nhttps://www.slideshare.net/ganesahyogananthem/ct-numbers-window-width-and-window-level \nIs it something similar to below example\nA window with a level of 0 HU and a width of 400 HU will have a \nrange of −200 HU to +200 HU. Any tissue with a density of −200 HU or less will be black, and any tissue with a \ndensity of +200 HU or more will be white.\n",
    "660686": "Damn, this article is fun and I want to try so many things but resources are so limited as an individual... God I wish kaggle didn't put such a low limit on gpu quota. 😿 ",
    "658327": "Thanks for sharing:\nThresholding seems interesting, not entirely clear how it was implemented. Though the improvement in training time is substantial!!"
  }
}