A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Deep learning for COVID-19 contamination analysis and prediction using ECG images on Raspberry Pi 4
Authors: Mhamdi Lofti, Dammak Oussama, Cottin Francois, Ben Dhaou Imed
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
Publication year: 2023
Journal: International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
Journal name in source: International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology
eISSN: 1098-1098
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.22965(external)
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.22965(external)
This paper's primary goal is to diagnose COVID-19 contamination based on the artificial intelligence approach automatically. We used convolutional neural network deep learning algorithm for analyzing the ECG images to detect cardiac abnormalities, consequent of the contamination by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for the COVID-19 epidemic. We designed, trained, and evaluated the performance of two deep learning models (MobileNetV2 and VGG16) in detecting and distinguishing between two different classes (healthy subjects and COVID-19 positive cases). Indeed, this virus attacks the human respiratory system, which could affect the heart system. Thus, developing a deep learning model could help for a quick and efficient diagnosis, prediction, and physician decision-making. The performed deep learning model will be used for predicting abnormal cardiac activities consequent to the contamination by the virus. The overall classification rate achieved by the models was 99.34% and 99.67% for MobileNetV2 and VGG16, respectively. Therefore, this approach can efficiently contribute to the diagnosis of COVID-19 contamination.