Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Using Machine Learning as a Diagnostic Tool for Pneumonia Using Chest X-Ray Images

1MBBS Student, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital

2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital

3Professor and HOD, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital

Abstract

CXRs are the most commonly performed diagnostic imaging study. A number of variables alter the appearance of the X ray image such as positioning of the patient and depth of inspiration which makes the diagnosis a daunting challenge. In addition, clinicians are faced with reading high volumes of images every shift. We are trying to develop a diagnostic tool using machine learning so that the clinicians can confirm their diagnosis and help reduce the error.

Keywords

Machine Learning, Pneumonia, Chest X-Ray Images, Tensorflow, Keras, Python