An intelligent healthcare monitoring system-based novel deep learning approach for detecting covid-19 from x-rays images

This paper aims to address the detection of COVID-19 by developing an accurate and efficient diagnostic system using chest X-ray images. The research utilizes open-source Kaggle data comprising four categories: COVID-19, Lung-Opacity, Normal, and Viral Pneumonia. The proposed system employs convolutional neural networks (CNNs), including VGG19, RNN-LSTM, and inceptionv3. Results vary among the methodologies, with VGG19 achieving 26% accuracy, RNN-LSTM attaining 25% accuracy (28% with preprocessing), and inceptionv3 with histogram equalization achieving 83% accuracy. A CNN designed from scratch demonstrates the highest performance, with an accuracy of 93% (96% with histogram equalization). The findings emphasize the potential of AI techniques in enhancing disease diagnosis, particularly in distinguishing COVID-19 from other conditions, thereby facilitating timely and effective interventions.