AI-Powered Chest X-Ray for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in County and Township Health Care Facilities in Yichang: Retrospective, Real-World Study

Wenjie Jiang   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , BSc ;   Hao Zhang   ^{4 *} , MM ;   Zhili Li   ^{1, 5} , MM ;   Xinli Jiang   ¹ , MM ;   Jiamei Shao   ¹ , BM ;   Xuelin Yang   ¹ , BSc ;   Jingjie Xiong   ^{4, 6} , BM ;   Ping Zhou   ⁴ , BM ;   Hui Zhang   ⁷ , PhD ;   Hongsheng Wang   ⁸ , PhD ;   Jianxing Yu   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Xiaoyou Su   ¹ , PhD ;   Ye Wang   ¹ , PhD ;   Jianhua Liu   ⁴ , PhD ;   Zhongjie Li   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD

¹ School of Population Medicine and Public Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

² State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, Beijing, China

³ Key Laboratory of Pathogen Infection Prevention and Control (Peking Union Medical College), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

⁴ Yichang Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Yichang, China

⁵ Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China

⁶ The School of Public Health, Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, China

⁷ National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

⁸ Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

*these authors contributed equally