Now AI system will tell whether there is Covid-19 infection or not – Dainik Savera Times

sydney: Australian researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system that can detect COVID-19 infection from chest X-ray with an accuracy of more than 98%.

This may be more beneficial than the currently used RT-PCR test. According to Professor Amir H ​​Gendomy of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Data Science Institute, there was an urgent need for effective automated tools to detect COVID-19, given the significant impact on public health and the global economy.

Professor Gendomy said: ‘The most widely used Covid-19 test, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), can be slow and expensive and can give false negative results. Making a diagnosis requires a radiologist to manually examine a CT scan or X-ray, which can be time consuming and prone to error.’

He said, ‘The new AI system could be particularly beneficial in countries experiencing high levels of COVID-19, where there is a shortage of radiologists. Chest X-rays are portable, widely available and offer less risk than CT scans.’ Common symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, difficulty breathing, and sore throat, but it can be difficult to distinguish COVID-19 from heat stroke and other types of pneumonia.

A paper published in the journal Scientific Reports detailed that the new AI system uses a deep learning-based algorithm called a custom convolutional neural network that can quickly and accurately distinguish between COVID-19 cases, normal cases and pneumonia in X-ray photos. Able to differentiate accurately.