The AI-driven technology uses X-ray images sent via WhatsApp to help determine if the subject is suffering from Covid-19. The images sent over WhatsApp can be highly pixelated due to lack of good quality cameras or just the app’s compression. However, the AI is designed to identify Covid positive patients even from low-resolution chest X-ray images, according to the Department of Science and Technology. "Then they just need to click the picture of the patient’s X-ray and obtain the two-page automated diagnostics with annotated images in a few minutes. Tested and validated with over 1,25,000 X-ray images from the National Institute of Health, UK, as well as over 1,000 plus Indian COVID-19 patients, XraySetu, has shown excellent performance with sensitivity: 98.86%, and specificity: 74.74%.

Source: Mint June 02, 2021 14:28 UTC