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Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography
Abstract
The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is still spreading rapidly since it first appeared in Wuhan city of China in December 2019, resulting in a worldwide pandemic. Early detection of positive cases plays a key role in preventing the further spread of the epidemic which leads to the development of diagnostic methods that give rapid and accurate responses for the detection of COVID-19. Previous studies confirmed that chest computed tomography (CT) is an indispensable tool for early screening and diagnosing of COVID-19 cases. As a result of examinations on CT scans, a radiological finding that is called ground-glass opacity, causing color, and texture change, was found in the lung of a person with COVID-19. Due to the carelessness of radiologists who work long hours and the misdiagnosis resulting in confusion of the findings with different diseases, an automatic system that helps radiologists is needed. In this paper, we present a new approach based on fuzzy classification for the detection of COVID-19 using 3D CT volumes. In the proposed approach, the skewness, kurtosis, and average statistical features of 3D CT images of patients consisting of two classes, COVID and Normal, are calculated and the value ranges are determined for both classes. Three statistical features and value ranges are used as membership functions in the development of fuzzy logic classifier. The proposed approach provides rapid and accurate diagnostics in terms of COVID vs. Normal (binary classification) under a user-friendly interface. Experimental evaluations demonstrate that our approach has great potential for radiologists to validate their initial screening and improve early diagnosis, isolation, and treatment, which contributes to infection prevention and control of the epidemic.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Journal Section
Conference Paper
Publication Date
July 31, 2021
Submission Date
June 11, 2021
Acceptance Date
June 23, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Number: 26
APA
Kökten, A., & Kılıç, V. (2021). Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography. Avrupa Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 26, 68-72. https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.950941
AMA
1.Kökten A, Kılıç V. Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography. EJOSAT. 2021;(26):68-72. doi:10.31590/ejosat.950941
Chicago
Kökten, Aleyna, and Volkan Kılıç. 2021. “Detection of COVID-19 Cases With Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography”. Avrupa Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, nos. 26: 68-72. https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.950941.
EndNote
Kökten A, Kılıç V (July 1, 2021) Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography. Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi 26 68–72.
IEEE
[1]A. Kökten and V. Kılıç, “Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography”, EJOSAT, no. 26, pp. 68–72, July 2021, doi: 10.31590/ejosat.950941.
ISNAD
Kökten, Aleyna - Kılıç, Volkan. “Detection of COVID-19 Cases With Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography”. Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi. 26 (July 1, 2021): 68-72. https://doi.org/10.31590/ejosat.950941.
JAMA
1.Kökten A, Kılıç V. Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography. EJOSAT. 2021;:68–72.
MLA
Kökten, Aleyna, and Volkan Kılıç. “Detection of COVID-19 Cases With Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography”. Avrupa Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, no. 26, July 2021, pp. 68-72, doi:10.31590/ejosat.950941.
Vancouver
1.Aleyna Kökten, Volkan Kılıç. Detection of COVID-19 Cases with Fuzzy Classifiers Using Chest Computed Tomography. EJOSAT. 2021 Jul. 1;(26):68-72. doi:10.31590/ejosat.950941
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