Class imbalance seriously degrades the efficiency of a classification system. Publicly available CXR datasets for pneumonia are highly class imbalanced, meaning that more images are available in one class than in other.
The first step pre-processes the CXR data, the second step extracts the features from the input images by various techniques such as Gaussian filters, edge detection, and morphological operation, and the third stage distinguishes the extracted features by a suitable classifier such as a Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), or a Neural Network algorithm. A typical CAD system sequentially processes the input data (CXRs), extracts the features, and classifies the features. Decision making by medical staff can be supplemented by computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) tools, which combine aspects of computer vision and machine learning with radiological image analysis for recognizing and extracting patterns. Furthermore, CXRs have lower resolution than MRI and CT, and are not easily interpreted even by experienced radiologists. The massive gap between the number of doctors and the population of a specific area also hinders a timely diagnosis. In developing countries, where diagnoses and treatment are delayed by the shortage of knowledgeable radiologists, pneumonia in children is associated with alarming death rates. Īccurate and timely diagnosis is essential for reducing the mortality of lung diseases. The demand for CXRs translates to thousands of readings per radiologist per year accordingly, there is a shortage of radiologists in both developing and developed countries. As CXRs are relatively low cost, they are more commonly requested than other medical modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). The fungal type can occur in patients with weak immune systems. Viral pneumonia tends to be slight while bacterial pneumonia is more severe, especially in children. Over 150 million people, mainly children under five years old, are infected with pneumonia annually. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year, over four million deaths are caused by pneumonia and other air pollution-associated diseases.
Moreover, pneumonia is a high-risk illness, especially in developing countries where millions of people are impoverished and lack access to medical facilities. Pneumonia is life threatening to infants, older adults, patients placed on a ventilator in hospital, and asthma patients. One of the most common chest diseases is pneumonia, a lung infection caused by viruses, bacteria, or fungi. An experienced radiologist interprets an X-ray as either normal or presenting a disease such as lung cancer, tuberculosis, or pneumonia. The chest X-ray (CXR) is an easy, economical, and commonly adopted tool for diagnosing lung diseases.
It also discusses the quality, usability, and size of the available datasets, and ways of coping with unbalanced datasets. After summarizing the topic, the review analyzes the usability, goodness factors, and computational complexities of the algorithms that implement these techniques. This paper overviews the current literature on pneumonia identification from chest x-ray images. Various automated systems have been proposed for the rapid detection of pneumonia on chest x-rays images Although such detection algorithms are many and varied, they have not been summarized into a review that would assist practitioners in selecting the best methods from a real-time perspective, perceiving the available datasets, and understanding the currently achieved results in this domain. Over the past decade, Deep Learning techniques have shown an enormous breakthrough in the field of medical diagnostics.
Medical imaging research is currently embracing the automatic detection techniques used in computer vision. Chest radiography is an important diagnostic tool for chest-related diseases.
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