Since COVID-19 infections are increasing all over the world,there is a need for developing solutions for its early and accurate diagnosis is a must.Detectionmethods for COVID-19 include screeningmethods like Chest X-r...Since COVID-19 infections are increasing all over the world,there is a need for developing solutions for its early and accurate diagnosis is a must.Detectionmethods for COVID-19 include screeningmethods like Chest X-rays and Computed Tomography(CT)scans.More work must be done on preprocessing the datasets,such as eliminating the diaphragm portions,enhancing the image intensity,and minimizing noise.In addition to the detection of COVID-19,the severity of the infection needs to be estimated.The HSDC model is proposed to solve these problems,which will detect and classify the severity of COVID-19 from X-ray and CT-scan images.For CT-scan images,the histogram threshold of the input image is adaptively determined using the ICH Swarm Optimization Segmentation(ICHSeg)algorithm.Based on the Statistical and Shape-based feature vectors(FVs),the extracted regions are classified using a Hybrid model for CT images(HSDCCT)algorithm.When the infections are detected,it’s classified as Normal,Moderate,and Severe.A fused FHI is formed for X-ray images by extracting the features of Histogram-oriented gradient(HOG)and Image profile(IP).The FHI features of X-ray images are classified using Hybrid Support Vector Machine(SVM)and Deep Convolutional Neural Network(DCNN)HSDCX algorithm into COVID-19 or else Pneumonia,or Normal.Experimental results have shown that the accuracy of the HSDC model attains the highest of 94.6 for CT-scan images and 95.6 for X-ray images when compared to SVM and DCNN.This study thus significantly helps medical professionals and doctors diagnose COVID-19 infections quickly,which is the most needed in current years.展开更多
文摘Since COVID-19 infections are increasing all over the world,there is a need for developing solutions for its early and accurate diagnosis is a must.Detectionmethods for COVID-19 include screeningmethods like Chest X-rays and Computed Tomography(CT)scans.More work must be done on preprocessing the datasets,such as eliminating the diaphragm portions,enhancing the image intensity,and minimizing noise.In addition to the detection of COVID-19,the severity of the infection needs to be estimated.The HSDC model is proposed to solve these problems,which will detect and classify the severity of COVID-19 from X-ray and CT-scan images.For CT-scan images,the histogram threshold of the input image is adaptively determined using the ICH Swarm Optimization Segmentation(ICHSeg)algorithm.Based on the Statistical and Shape-based feature vectors(FVs),the extracted regions are classified using a Hybrid model for CT images(HSDCCT)algorithm.When the infections are detected,it’s classified as Normal,Moderate,and Severe.A fused FHI is formed for X-ray images by extracting the features of Histogram-oriented gradient(HOG)and Image profile(IP).The FHI features of X-ray images are classified using Hybrid Support Vector Machine(SVM)and Deep Convolutional Neural Network(DCNN)HSDCX algorithm into COVID-19 or else Pneumonia,or Normal.Experimental results have shown that the accuracy of the HSDC model attains the highest of 94.6 for CT-scan images and 95.6 for X-ray images when compared to SVM and DCNN.This study thus significantly helps medical professionals and doctors diagnose COVID-19 infections quickly,which is the most needed in current years.
