COVID-19 Detection Using Chest X-Ray Images

Abstract: The sudden increase in COVID-19 patients is overwhelming healthcare systems across the world. It is difficult to test every patient with COVID -19 symptoms due to limited testing kits (RT-PCR) available. The tests take long time, and they have limited sensitivity. Detecting COVID-19 infections using Chest X-Ray will help quarantine high risk patients while test results are awaited. In this work we use the chest X-Ray to prioritize the selection of patients for further process. It will also be useful where the to decide whether to keep the patient in the ward along with other patients or isolate them in COVID-19 areas. It is also useful in identifying patients with high likelihood of COVID with a false negative RT-PCR who would need to undergo repeat testing again.

Keywords: COVID-19, RT-PCR, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV- 2)