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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

A Novel Lightweight Approach to COVID-19 Diagnostics Based on Chest X-ray Images.

Agata Giełczyk, Anna Marciniak, Martyna Tarczewska, Sylwester Michal Kloska, Alicja Harmoza, Zbigniew Serafin, Marcin Woźniak

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

Agata GiełczykFaculty of Telecommunications, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Anna MarciniakFaculty of Telecommunications, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Martyna TarczewskaFaculty of Telecommunications, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Sylwester Michal KloskaFaculty of Medicine Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5165-9302
Alicja HarmozaFaculty of Medicine Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Zbigniew SerafinFaculty of Medicine Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4307-6852
Marcin WoźniakFaculty of Medicine Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-067 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4491-3824

Funding

Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology DNM 32/2022.National Centre for research and Development of Poland (NCBR) POWR.03.02.00-00-I019/16-00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis paper presents a novel lightweight approach based on machine learning methods supporting COVID-19 diagnostics based on X-ray images. The presented schema offers effective and quick diagnosis of COVID-19.

methodsReal data (X-ray images) from hospital patients were used in this study. All labels, namely those that were COVID-19 positive and negative, were confirmed by a PCR test. Feature extraction was performed using a convolutional neural network, and the subsequent classification of samples used Random Forest, XGBoost, LightGBM and CatBoost.

resultsThe LightGBM model was the most effective in classifying patients on the basis of features extracted from X-ray images, with an accuracy of 1.00, a precision of 1.00, a recall of 1.00 and an F1-score of 1.00.

conclusionThe proposed schema can potentially be used as a support for radiologists to improve the diagnostic process. The presented approach is efficient and fast. Moreover, it is not excessively complex computationally.

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COVID-19features extractionimage processingmachine learningX-ray images

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PMID36233368
PMCPMC9571927

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