Hepatitis C is a contagious blood-borne infection,and it is mostly asymptomatic during the initial stages.Therefore,it is difficult to diagnose and treat patients in the early stages of infection.The disease’s progre...Hepatitis C is a contagious blood-borne infection,and it is mostly asymptomatic during the initial stages.Therefore,it is difficult to diagnose and treat patients in the early stages of infection.The disease’s progression to its last stages makes diagnosis and treatment more difficult.In this study,an AI system based on machine learning algorithms is presented to help healthcare professionals with an early diagnosis of hepatitis C.The dataset used for our Hep-Pred model is based on a literature study,and includes the records of 1385 patients infected with the hepatitis C virus.Patients in this dataset received treatment dosages for the hepatitis C virus for about 18 months.A former study divided the disease into four main stages.These stages have proven helpful for doctors to analyze the liver’s condition.The traditional way to check the staging is the biopsy,which is a painful and time-consuming process.This article aims to provide an effective and efficient approach to predict hepatitis C staging.For this purpose,the proposed technique uses a fine Gaussian SVM learning algorithm,providing 97.9%accurate results.展开更多
文摘Hepatitis C is a contagious blood-borne infection,and it is mostly asymptomatic during the initial stages.Therefore,it is difficult to diagnose and treat patients in the early stages of infection.The disease’s progression to its last stages makes diagnosis and treatment more difficult.In this study,an AI system based on machine learning algorithms is presented to help healthcare professionals with an early diagnosis of hepatitis C.The dataset used for our Hep-Pred model is based on a literature study,and includes the records of 1385 patients infected with the hepatitis C virus.Patients in this dataset received treatment dosages for the hepatitis C virus for about 18 months.A former study divided the disease into four main stages.These stages have proven helpful for doctors to analyze the liver’s condition.The traditional way to check the staging is the biopsy,which is a painful and time-consuming process.This article aims to provide an effective and efficient approach to predict hepatitis C staging.For this purpose,the proposed technique uses a fine Gaussian SVM learning algorithm,providing 97.9%accurate results.
