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ArticleScientific reports2024

Efficient pneumonia detection using Vision Transformers on chest X-rays.

Sukhendra Singh, Manoj Kumar, Abhay Kumar, Birendra Kumar Verma, Kumar Abhishek, Shitharth Selvarajan

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sukhendra SinghJSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India.
Manoj KumarJSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India.
Abhay KumarNational Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India.
Birendra Kumar VermaJSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida, India.
Kumar AbhishekNational Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India.
Shitharth SelvarajanSchool of Built Environment, Engineering and Computing, Leeds Beckett University, LS1 3HE, Leeds, UK. ShitharthS@kdu.edu.et.
National Institute of Technology Patna · INLeeds Beckett University · GB

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Abstract

Pneumonia is a widespread and acute respiratory infection that impacts people of all ages. Early detection and treatment of pneumonia are essential for avoiding complications and enhancing clinical results. We can reduce mortality, improve healthcare efficiency, and contribute to the global battle against a disease that has plagued humanity for centuries by devising and deploying effective detection methods. Detecting pneumonia is not only a medical necessity but also a humanitarian imperative and a technological frontier. Chest X-rays are a frequently used imaging modality for diagnosing pneumonia. This paper examines in detail a cutting-edge method for detecting pneumonia implemented on the Vision Transformer (ViT) architecture on a public dataset of chest X-rays available on Kaggle. To acquire global context and spatial relationships from chest X-ray images, the proposed framework deploys the ViT model, which integrates self-attention mechanisms and transformer architecture. According to our experimentation with the proposed Vision Transformer-based framework, it achieves a higher accuracy of 97.61%, sensitivity of 95%, and specificity of 98% in detecting pneumonia from chest X-rays. The ViT model is preferable for capturing global context, comprehending spatial relationships, and processing images that have different resolutions. The framework establishes its efficacy as a robust pneumonia detection solution by surpassing convolutional neural network (CNN) based architectures.

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PneumoniaRespiratory Tract InfectionsHumanitiesHumansRadiographyX-Rays

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