A novel deep learning-based method for COVID-19 pneumonia detection from CT images.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The sensitivity of RT-PCR in diagnosing COVID-19 is only 60-70%, and chest CT plays an indispensable role in the auxiliary diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia, but the results of CT imaging are highly dependent on professional radiologists.

Authors

  • Ju Luo
    Gastroenterology department, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China. Electronic address: philip841018@sina.com.
  • Yuhao Sun
    Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Shandong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Pediatric Drug Development, Shandong Medicine and Health Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, Jinan, Shandong250014, China.
  • Jingshu Chi
    Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, NO.138, Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
  • Xin Liao
    Department of Medical Imaging, The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
  • Canxia Xu
    Gastroenterology department, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, China. Electronic address: xucanxia2000@163.com.