AKTU researchers develop way to detect COVID-19 using X-RAY

The test has shown 99.98 per cent accuracy during a joint study conducted by the University researchers. The study has been published in a reputed international journal ‘ScienceDirect’ of Elsevier.

A team of researchers from Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has developed a diagnostic test for COVID-19 that uses chest x-rays to detect the disease. The test that has been put into trials by the King George’s Medical University, has earned international recognition. The test uses a computer algorithm to detect COVID-19 in chest x-rays. The test can provide the results in a fraction of seconds at a cost of only the X-Ray.

The test has shown 99.98 per cent accuracy during a joint study conducted by the University researchers. The study has been published in a reputed international journal ‘ScienceDirect’ of Elsevier.

Researchers from both the institutes have taken x-rays from around 50 hospitals in the country and 14 countries to develop the test. A team of 17 researchers has developed this test based on deep learning, a field based on learning and improving on its own by examining computer algorithms.

The initial trials of the test were conducted in May at KGMU with the support of former vice-chancellor Professor M L A Bhatt, Government of Medical College, Kota and Uttar Pradesh Medical University, Safai. The test trials received positive results.