# Preoperative Rotator Cuff Tear Prediction from Shoulder Radiographs using a Convolutional Block Attention Module-Integrated Neural Network

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.09894 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2408.09894/

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- First posted on arXiv 19 Aug 2024.

## Abstract (arXiv)

Research question: We test whether a plane shoulder radiograph can be used together with deep learning methods to identify patients with rotator cuff tears as opposed to using an MRI in standard of care. Findings: By integrating convolutional block attention modules into a deep neural network, our model demonstrates high accuracy in detecting patients with rotator cuff tears, achieving an average AUC of 0.889 and an accuracy of 0.831. Meaning: This study validates the efficacy of our deep learning model to accurately detect rotation cuff tears from radiographs, offering a viable pre-assessment or alternative to more expensive imaging techniques such as MRI.