COVID-19 diagnosis and severity detection from CT-images using transfer learning and back propagation neural network.

Journal: Journal of infection and public health
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 diagnosis in symptomatic patients is an important factor for arranging the necessary lifesaving facilities like ICU care and ventilator support. For this purpose, we designed a computer-aided diagnosis and severity detection method by using transfer learning and a back propagation neural network.

Authors

  • Aswathy A L
    Department of Computer Science, University of Kerala, Trivandum, India. Electronic address: aswathysatheesh@keralauniversity.ac.in.
  • Anand Hareendran S
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Muthoot Institute of Technology and Science, Kochi, India. Electronic address: anandhareendrans@mgits.ac.in.
  • Vinod Chandra S S
    Department of Computer Science, University of Kerala, Trivandum, India. Electronic address: vinod@keralauniversity.ac.in.