News-Medical.Net October 25, 2023
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers evaluate and discuss the limitations of chest X-rays (CXR) shared through smartphone applications.
Against the backdrop of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the researchers highlight the benefits of automated clinical diagnostic tools developed using artificial intelligence (AI) models while also elucidating their demerits, especially when analyzing highly compressed images. Multi-task learning (MTL) was also introduced as an approach to overcome current challenges associated with AI models.
AI in COVID-19 diagnosis
Before the development of clinical diagnostic COVID-19 test kits, CXR was the first-line triage assessment of the disease. However, due to the unprecedented spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the limited number of radiologists available worldwide...