Automated machine learning for the identification of asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers based on chest CT images.

Journal: BMC medical imaging
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers with normal chest computed tomography (CT) scans have perpetuated the ongoing pandemic of this disease. This retrospective study aimed to use automated machine learning (AutoML) to develop a prediction model based on CT characteristics for the identification of asymptomatic carriers.

Authors

  • Minyue Yin
    Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
  • Chao Xu
    Department of Neurology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310009, China;Department of Emergency, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou 310013, China.
  • Jinzhou Zhu
    Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, China.
  • Yuhan Xue
    Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, China.
  • Yijia Zhou
    Medical School, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
  • Yu He
    Key Laboratory for Analytical Science of Food Safety and Biology, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Analysis and Detection Technology for Food Safety, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China.
  • Jiaxi Lin
    Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
  • Lu Liu
    College of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
  • Jingwen Gao
    Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
  • Xiaolin Liu
    Department of Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China. Electronic address: xlliu@shiep.edu.cn.
  • Dan Shen
    Department of Radiology, Yiyang Central Hospital, Yiyang, China.
  • Cuiping Fu
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 215006, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. fucuipingjy@163.com.