CoviLearn: A Machine Learning Integrated Smart X-Ray Device in Healthcare Cyber-Physical System for Automatic Initial Screening of COVID-19

TL;DR

CoviLearn is an integrated machine learning system using CNNs in a smart healthcare device to automatically and rapidly screen for COVID-19 from chest X-ray images, aiding quick diagnosis without additional invasive tests.

Contribution

This work introduces a novel ML-enabled X-ray device within a healthcare cyber-physical system for automatic COVID-19 screening, achieving high accuracy and rapid results.

Findings

Achieves 99% accuracy in COVID-19 detection from X-ray images.

Enables instant screening without additional invasive tests.

Potential to be used widely in healthcare centers with existing X-ray equipment.

Abstract

The pandemic of novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is widespread all over the world causing serious health problems as well as serious impact on the global economy. Reliable and fast testing of the COVID-19 has been a challenge for researchers and healthcare practitioners. In this work we present a novel machine learning (ML) integrated X-ray device in Healthcare Cyber-Physical System (H-CPS) or smart healthcare framework (called CoviLearn) to allow healthcare practitioners to perform automatic initial screening of COVID-19 patients. We propose convolutional neural network (CNN) models of X-ray images integrated into an X-ray device for automatic COVID-19 detection. The proposed CoviLearn device will be useful in detecting if a person is COVID-19 positive or negative by considering the chest X-ray image of individuals. CoviLearn will be useful tool doctors to detect potential COVID-19 infections instantaneously without taking more intrusive healthcare data samples, such as saliva and blood. COVID-19 attacks the endothelium tissues that support respiratory tract, X-rays images can be used to analyze the health of a patient lungs. As all healthcare centers have X-ray machines, it could be possible to use proposed CoviLearn X-rays to test for COVID-19 without the especial test kits. Our proposed automated analysis system CoviLearn which has 99% accuracy will be able to save valuable time of medical professionals as the X-ray machines come with a drawback as it needed a radiology expert.