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Automated chest radiograph diagnosis: A Twofer for tuberculosis and Covid-19

Verma, M.; Patkar, D.; Ingalhalikar, M.; Kharat, A.; Ajmera, P.; Kulkarni, V.; Pant, A.; Thakker, V.; Naik, G.

2020-10-14 public and global health
10.1101/2020.10.13.20178483 medRxiv
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Coronavirus disease (Covid 19) and Tuberculosis (TB) are two challenges the world is facing. TB is a pandemic which has challenged mankind for ages and Covid 19 is a recent onset fast spreading pandemic. We study these two conditions with focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) based imaging, the role of digital chest x-ray and utility of end to end platform to improve turnaround times. Using artificial intelligence assisted technology for triage and creation of structured radiology reports using an end to end platform can ensure quick diagnosis. Changing dynamics of TB screening in the times of Covid 19 pandemic have resulted in bottlenecks for TB diagnosis. The paper tries to outline two types of use cases, one is COVID-19 screening in a hospital-based scenario and the other is TB screening project in mobile van setting and discusses the learning of these models which have both used AI for prescreening and generating structured radiology reports.

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