Pneumonia Detection: A Comprehensive Study of Diverse Neural Network Architectures using Chest X-Rays

  • Wajahat Akbar
  • , Abdullah Soomro
  • , Altaf Hussain
  • , Tariq Hussain
  • , Farman Ali
  • , Muhammad Inam Ul Haq
  • , Raaz Waheeb Attar
  • , Ahmed Alhomoud
  • , Ahmad Ali Alzubi
  • , Reem Alsagri

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Abstract

Pneumonia is of deep concern in healthcare worldwide, being the most deadly infectious disease, especially among children. Chest radiographs are crucial for detecting it. However, certain vulnerable groups exhibit heightened susceptibility, emphasizing the critical nature of accurate diagnosis and timely intervention. This paper presents convolutional neural network (CNN) models for the detection of pneumonia from chest X-rays images. Among 20 different CNN models, we identified EfficientNet-B0 as the most accurate and efficient, boasting an impressive accuracy rate of 94.13%. Furthermore, the precision, recall, and F-score metrics for this model stand at 93.50%, 92.99%, and 93.14%, respectively. This research underscores the potential of CNNs to revolutionize pneumonia diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)679-699
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
Volume34
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2024

Keywords

  • CNN models
  • chest X-ray
  • medical imaging
  • pneumonia detection

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