DCNNV-19: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network for COVID-19 Detection in Chest Computed Tomographies

08/18/2022

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by   Victor Felipe Reis-Silva, et al.

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This technical report proposes the use of a deep convolutional neural network as a preliminary diagnostic method in the analysis of chest computed tomography images from patients with symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and suspected COVID-19 disease, especially on occasions when the delay of the RT-PCR result and the absence of urgent care could result in serious temporary, long-term, or permanent health damage. The model was trained on 83,391 images, validated on 15,297, and tested on 22,185 figures, achieving an F1-Score of 98 highly accurate automated classification and providing results in less time than the current gold-standard exam, Real-Time reverse-transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR).