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COVID-19 Detection in X-Rays Using Image Processing CNN Algorithm

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The most generally utilized strategy for Covid-19 discovery is a continuous Polymerase Chain Response (RT-PCR). These kits for covid-19 detection are over-priced and they require an estimated time of hours or days to verify the disease. Because of the smaller affectability of the test, it gives higher deceptive outcomes. To detect this problem, X-rays of the chest and CT scan methods are utilized to evaluate Covid-19. Here chest X-Rays are chosen for model development. The reason to choose them is that the majority of clinics have X-ray equipment. The computerized investigation of Coronavirus was carried by using 371 X-ray images gathered from the Kaggle dataset to apply the Convolutional Neural Network algorithm. Some images were of infected patients of the Covid19 and others were of normal people. There was an acceptable prediction accuracy of 97.22%. In light of our discoveries, the model can help in making decisions for early Covid-19 identification.

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Raj, T., Arya, S. (2023). COVID-19 Detection in X-Rays Using Image Processing CNN Algorithm. In: Biswas, A., Semwal, V.B., Singh, D. (eds) Artificial Intelligence for Societal Issues. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 231. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12419-8_15

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