AUSTRALIAN researchers have developed an AI system that can rapidly detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays with more than 98% accuracy.
The study results have just been published in Nature Scientific Reports, where corresponding author Prof Amir H Gandomi, from the University of Technology Sydney's Data Science Institute, said, "the most widely used COVID-19 test, real time polymerase chain reaction, can be slow and costly, and produce false-negatives".
To confirm a diagnosis, radiologists need to manually examine CT scans or X-rays, which can be time consuming and prone to error, he explained.
"The new AI system could be particularly beneficial in countries experiencing high levels of COVID-19 where there is a shortage of radiologists.
"Chest X-rays are portable, widely available and provide lower exposure to ionising radiation than CT scans," he said.
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