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SynthesisJournal of infection and public health2022

Medical image processing and COVID-19: A literature review and bibliometric analysis.

Rabab Ali Abumalloh, Mehrbakhsh Nilashi, Muhammed Yousoof Ismail, Ashwaq Alhargan, Abdullah Alghamdi, Ahmed Omar Alzahrani, Linah Saraireh, Reem Osman, Shahla Asadi

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Synthesis in Journal of infection and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Rabab Ali AbumallohComputer Department, Applied College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box. 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Mehrbakhsh NilashiCentre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, USM Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address: nilashidotnet@hotmail.com.
Muhammed Yousoof IsmailDepartment of MIS, Dhofar University, Oman.
Ashwaq AlharganComputer Science Department, College of Computing and Informatics, Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlghamdiInformation Systems Dept., College of Computer Science and Information Systems, Najran University, Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed Omar AlzahraniCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Jeddah, 21959 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Linah SarairehManagement Information System Department, College of Business, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Reem OsmanComputer Department, Applied College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box. 1982, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Shahla AsadiCentre of Software Technology and Management, Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 crisis has placed medical systems over the world under unprecedented and growing pressure. Medical imaging processing can help in the diagnosis, treatment, and early detection of diseases. It has been considered as one of the modern technologies applied to fight against the COVID-19 crisis. Although several artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning techniques have been deployed in medical image processing in the context of COVID-19 disease, there is a lack of research considering systematic literature review and categorization of published studies in this field. A systematic review locates, assesses, and interprets research outcomes to address a predetermined research goal to present evidence-based practical and theoretical insights. The main goal of this study is to present a literature review of the deployed methods of medical image processing in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. With this in mind, the studies available in reliable databases were retrieved, studied, evaluated, and synthesized. Based on the in-depth review of literature, this study structured a conceptual map that outlined three multi-layered folds: data gathering and description, main steps of image processing, and evaluation metrics. The main research themes were elaborated in each fold, allowing the authors to recommend upcoming research paths for scholars. The outcomes of this review highlighted that several methods have been adopted to classify the images related to the diagnosis and detection of COVID-19. The adopted methods have presented promising outcomes in terms of accuracy, cost, and detection speed.

Indexed as

COVID-19Artificial IntelligenceBibliometricsHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Deep learningImage processingMachine learningMedical image

Identifiers

PMID34836799
PMCPMC8596659

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