A Review on the State of the Art in Non Contact Sensing for COVID-19

TL;DR

This paper reviews non-contact sensing technologies used for early COVID-19 detection, highlighting their advantages, limitations, and future research directions to improve pandemic control efforts.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of current non-invasive COVID-19 detection methods and discusses future research needs for technological advancements.

Findings

Summarizes various non-contact sensing techniques for COVID-19 detection.

Analyzes advantages and disadvantages of current methods.

Suggests future research directions for innovative detection technologies.

Abstract

COVID-19 disease, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has resulted in a global pandemic recently. With no approved vaccination or treatment, governments around the world have issued guidance to their citizens to remain at home in efforts to control the spread of the disease. The goal of controlling the spread of the virus is to prevent strain on hospital. In this paper, we have focus on how non-invasive methods are being used to detect the COVID-19 and assist healthcare workers in caring for COVID-19 patients. Early detection of the COVID-19 virus can allow for early isolation to prevent further spread. This study outlines the advantages and disadvantages and a breakdown of the methods applied in the current state-of-the-art approaches. In addition, the paper highlights some future research directions, which are required to be explored further to come up with innovative technologies to control this pandemic.