Machine learning techniques as an eﬃcient alternative diagnostic tool for COVID-19 cases

Support Vector ◽

X Ray ◽

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 virus has demonstrated the weakness of many health systems worldwide, creating a saturation and lack of access to treatments. A bottleneck to fight this pandemic relates to the lack of diagnostic infrastructure for early detection of positive cases, particularly in rural and impoverished areas of developing countries. In this context, less costly and fast machine learning (ML) diagnosis-based systems are helpful. However, most of the research has focused on deep-learning techniques for diagnosis, which are computationally and technologically expensive. ML models have been mainly used as a benchmark and are not entirely explored in the existing literature on the topic of this paper. Objective: To analyze the capabilities of ML techniques (compared to deep learning) to diagnose COVID-19 cases based on X-ray images, assessing the performance of these techniques and using their predictive power for such a diagnosis. Methods: A factorial experiment was designed to establish this power with X-ray chest images of healthy, pneumonia, and COVID-19 infected patients. This design considers data-balancing methods, feature extraction approaches, different algorithms, and hyper-parameter optimization. The ML techniques were evaluated based on classification metrics, including accuracy, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), F1-score, sensitivity, and specificity. Results: The design of experiment provided the mean and its confidence intervals for the predictive capability of different ML techniques, which reached AUROC values as high as 90% with suitable sensitivity and specificity. Among the learning algorithms, support vector machines and random forest performed best. The down-sampling method for unbalanced data improved the predictive power significantly for the images used in this study. Conclusions: Our investigation demonstrated that ML techniques are able to identify COVID-19 infected patients. The results provided suitable values of sensitivity and specificity, minimizing the false-positive or false-negative rates. The models were trained with significantly low computational resources, which helps to provide access and deployment in rural and impoverished areas.

Sentiment Analysis using various Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques

Journal of the Nigerian Society of Physical Sciences ◽

10.46481/jnsps.2021.308 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 385-394

Author(s):

V Umarani ◽

A Julian ◽

J Deepa

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

Sentiment Analysis ◽

Naive Bayes ◽

Naïve Bayes ◽

Supervised Machine Learning ◽

Support Vector ◽

Analysis Process ◽

Sentiment analysis has gained a lot of attention from researchers in the last year because it has been widely applied to a variety of application domains such as business, government, education, sports, tourism, biomedicine, and telecommunication services. Sentiment analysis is an automated computational method for studying or evaluating sentiments, feelings, and emotions expressed as comments, feedbacks, or critiques. The sentiment analysis process can be automated using machine learning techniques, which analyses text patterns faster. The supervised machine learning technique is the most used mechanism for sentiment analysis. The proposed work discusses the flow of sentiment analysis process and investigates the common supervised machine learning techniques such as multinomial naive bayes, Bernoulli naive bayes, logistic regression, support vector machine, random forest, K-nearest neighbor, decision tree, and deep learning techniques such as Long Short-Term Memory and Convolution Neural Network. The work examines such learning methods using standard data set and the experimental results of sentiment analysis demonstrate the performance of various classifiers taken in terms of the precision, recall, F1-score, RoC-Curve, accuracy, running time and k fold cross validation and helps in appreciating the novelty of the several deep learning techniques and also giving the user an overview of choosing the right technique for their application.

Understanding COVID-19: The Role of Computational Intelligence - Studies in Computational Intelligence ◽

Deep Learning for COVID-19: COVID-19 Detection Based on Chest X-Ray Images by the Fusion of Deep Learning and Machine Learning Techniques

10.1007/978-3-030-74761-9_21 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 471-500

Author(s):

Swati V. Shinde ◽

Deepak T. Mane

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

X Ray ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Chest X Ray

A Study on Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation Using Deep Learning Techniques

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience ◽

10.1166/jctn.2020.8468 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 1925-1930

Author(s):

Ambeshwar Kumar ◽

R. Manikandan ◽

Robbi Rahim

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

Brain Tumor ◽

Tumor Detection ◽

Support Vector ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Convolution Algorithm ◽

The Brain

It’s a new era technology in the field of medical engineering giving awareness about the various healthcare features. Deep learning is a part of machine learning, it is capable of handling high dimensional data and is efficient in concentrating on the right features. Tumor is an unbelievably complex disease: a multifaceted cell has more than hundred billion cells; each cell acquires mutation exclusively. Detection of tumor particles in experiment is easily done by MRI or CT. Brain tumors can also be detected by MRI, however, deep learning techniques give a better approach to segment the brain tumor images. Deep Learning models are imprecisely encouraged by information handling and communication designs in biological nervous system. Classification plays an significant role in brain tumor detection. Neural network is creating a well-organized rule for classification. To accomplish medical image data, neural network is trained to use the Convolution algorithm. Multilayer perceptron is intended for identification of a image. In this study article, the brain images are categorized into two types: normal and abnormal. This article emphasize the importance of classification and feature selection approach for predicting the brain tumor. This classification is done by machine learning techniques like Artificial Neural Networks, Support Vector Machine and Deep Neural Network. It could be noted that more than one technique can be applied for the segmentation of tumor. The several samples of brain tumor images are classified using deep learning algorithms, convolution neural network and multi-layer perceptron.

Multi-Hazard Exposure Mapping Using Machine Learning Techniques: A Case Study from Iran

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs11161943 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (16) ◽

pp. 1943 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Omid Rahmati ◽

Saleh Yousefi ◽

Zahra Kalantari ◽

Evelyn Uuemaa ◽

Teimur Teimurian ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

State Of The Art ◽

Characteristic Curve ◽

Support Vector ◽

Mountainous Area ◽

Data Set ◽

Boosted Regression Tree ◽

Hazard Exposure ◽

Mountainous areas are highly prone to a variety of nature-triggered disasters, which often cause disabling harm, death, destruction, and damage. In this work, an attempt was made to develop an accurate multi-hazard exposure map for a mountainous area (Asara watershed, Iran), based on state-of-the art machine learning techniques. Hazard modeling for avalanches, rockfalls, and floods was performed using three state-of-the-art models—support vector machine (SVM), boosted regression tree (BRT), and generalized additive model (GAM). Topo-hydrological and geo-environmental factors were used as predictors in the models. A flood dataset (n = 133 flood events) was applied, which had been prepared using Sentinel-1-based processing and ground-based information. In addition, snow avalanche (n = 58) and rockfall (n = 101) data sets were used. The data set of each hazard type was randomly divided to two groups: Training (70%) and validation (30%). Model performance was evaluated by the true skill score (TSS) and the area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) criteria. Using an exposure map, the multi-hazard map was converted into a multi-hazard exposure map. According to both validation methods, the SVM model showed the highest accuracy for avalanches (AUC = 92.4%, TSS = 0.72) and rockfalls (AUC = 93.7%, TSS = 0.81), while BRT demonstrated the best performance for flood hazards (AUC = 94.2%, TSS = 0.80). Overall, multi-hazard exposure modeling revealed that valleys and areas close to the Chalous Road, one of the most important roads in Iran, were associated with high and very high levels of risk. The proposed multi-hazard exposure framework can be helpful in supporting decision making on mountain social-ecological systems facing multiple hazards.

Sentiment Analysis of Lithuanian Texts Using Traditional and Deep Learning Approaches

Computers ◽

10.3390/computers8010004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 4 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Jurgita Kapočiūtė-Dzikienė ◽

Robertas Damaševičius ◽

Marcin Woźniak

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

Sentiment Analysis ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

Support Vector ◽

Learning Approaches ◽

Full Dataset ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Long Short Term Memory

We describe the sentiment analysis experiments that were performed on the Lithuanian Internet comment dataset using traditional machine learning (Naïve Bayes Multinomial—NBM and Support Vector Machine—SVM) and deep learning (Long Short-Term Memory—LSTM and Convolutional Neural Network—CNN) approaches. The traditional machine learning techniques were used with the features based on the lexical, morphological, and character information. The deep learning approaches were applied on the top of two types of word embeddings (Vord2Vec continuous bag-of-words with negative sampling and FastText). Both traditional and deep learning approaches had to solve the positive/negative/neutral sentiment classification task on the balanced and full dataset versions. The best deep learning results (reaching 0.706 of accuracy) were achieved on the full dataset with CNN applied on top of the FastText embeddings, replaced emoticons, and eliminated diacritics. The traditional machine learning approaches demonstrated the best performance (0.735 of accuracy) on the full dataset with the NBM method, replaced emoticons, restored diacritics, and lemma unigrams as features. Although traditional machine learning approaches were superior when compared to the deep learning methods; deep learning demonstrated good results when applied on the small datasets.

PROJECT DISPUTE PREDICTION BY HYBRID MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management ◽

10.3846/13923730.2013.768544 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 505-517 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Jui-Sheng Chou ◽

Chih-Fong Tsai ◽

Yu-Hsin Lu

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Characteristic Curve ◽

Support Vector ◽

Type I ◽

Classification Techniques ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Multiple Classification ◽

Clustering And Classification ◽

Hybrid Machine

This study compares several well-known machine learning techniques for public-private partnership (PPP) project dispute problems. Single and hybrid classification techniques are applied to construct models for PPP project dispute prediction. The single classification techniques utilized are multilayer perceptron (MLP) neural networks, decision trees (DTs), support vector machines, the naïve Bayes classifier, and k-nearest neighbor. Two types of hybrid learning models are developed. One combines clustering and classification techniques and the other combines multiple classification techniques. Experimental results indicate that hybrid models outperform single models in prediction accuracy, Type I and II errors, and the receiver operating characteristic curve. Additionally, the hybrid model combining multiple classification techniques perform better than that combining clustering and classification techniques. Particularly, the MLP+MLP and DT+DT models perform best and second best, achieving prediction accuracies of 97.08% and 95.77%, respectively. This study demonstrates the efficiency and effectiveness of hybrid machine learning techniques for early prediction of dispute occurrence using conceptual project information as model input. The models provide a proactive warning and decision-support information needed to select the appropriate resolution strategy before a dispute occurs.

Prediction of Diabetic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy Using Machine Learning Techniques

Journal of Clinical Medicine ◽

10.3390/jcm10194576 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (19) ◽

pp. 4576

Author(s):

Dae Youp Shin ◽

Bora Lee ◽

Won Sang Yoo ◽

Joo Won Park ◽

Jung Keun Hyun

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Clinical Chemistry ◽

Characteristic Curve ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve ◽

Support Vector ◽

Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Electrophysiological Findings

Diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) is a major complication in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM), and early detection or prediction of DSPN is important for preventing or managing neuropathic pain and foot ulcer. Our aim is to delineate whether machine learning techniques are more useful than traditional statistical methods for predicting DSPN in DM patients. Four hundred seventy DM patients were classified into four groups (normal, possible, probable, and confirmed) based on clinical and electrophysiological findings of suspected DSPN. Three ML methods, XGBoost (XGB), support vector machine (SVM), and random forest (RF), and their combinations were used for analysis. RF showed the best area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC, 0.8250) for differentiating between two categories—criteria by clinical findings (normal, possible, and probable groups) and those by electrophysiological findings (confirmed group)—and the result was superior to that of linear regression analysis (AUC = 0.6620). Average values of serum glucose, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC), HbA1c, and albumin levels were identified as the four most important predictors of DSPN. In conclusion, machine learning techniques, especially RF, can predict DSPN in DM patients effectively, and electrophysiological analysis is important for identifying DSPN.

Impact Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for COVID-19 Diagnosis: A Critical Review

Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education (TURCOMAT) ◽

10.17762/turcomat.v12i2.863 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 510-516

Author(s):

Anshul, Et. al.

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽

Impact Analysis ◽

X Ray ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

The World ◽

Almost All

COVID-19 virus belongs to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) family raised a situation of health emergency in almost all the countries of the world. Numerous machine learning and deep learning based techniques are used to diagnose COVID positive patients using different image modalities like CT SCAN, X-RAY, or CBX, etc. This paper provides the works done in COVID-19 diagnosis, the role of ML and DL based methods to solve this problem, and presents limitations with respect to COVID-19 diagnosis.

A Comparative Systematic Literature Review on Knee Bone Reports from MRI, X-Rays and CT Scans Using Deep Learning and Machine Learning Methodologies

Diagnostics ◽

10.3390/diagnostics10080518 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 518 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hafsa Khalid ◽

Muzammil Hussain ◽

Mohammed A. Al Ghamdi ◽

Tayyaba Khalid ◽

Khadija Khalid ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Deep Learning ◽

Literature Review ◽

Ct Scan ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Ct Scans ◽

X Rays ◽

X Ray ◽

The purpose of this research was to provide a “systematic literature review” of knee bone reports that are obtained by MRI, CT scans, and X-rays by using deep learning and machine learning techniques by comparing different approaches—to perform a comprehensive study on the deep learning and machine learning methodologies to diagnose knee bone diseases by detecting symptoms from X-ray, CT scan, and MRI images. This study will help those researchers who want to conduct research in the knee bone field. A comparative systematic literature review was conducted for the accomplishment of our work. A total of 32 papers were reviewed in this research. Six papers consist of X-rays of knee bone with deep learning methodologies, five papers cover the MRI of knee bone using deep learning approaches, and another five papers cover CT scans of knee bone with deep learning techniques. Another 16 papers cover the machine learning techniques for evaluating CT scans, X-rays, and MRIs of knee bone. This research compares the deep learning methodologies for CT scan, MRI, and X-ray reports on knee bone, comparing the accuracy of each technique, which can be used for future development. In the future, this research will be enhanced by comparing X-ray, CT-scan, and MRI reports of knee bone with information retrieval and big data techniques. The results show that deep learning techniques are best for X-ray, MRI, and CT scan images of the knee bone to diagnose diseases.

Multi-layer Hybrid Classification Model of COVID-19 Chest X-ray Images v1

10.17504/protocols.io.bzdzp276 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Thanakorn Poomkur ◽

Thakerng Wongsirichot

Keyword(s):

Machine Learning ◽

Classification Model ◽

Computational Time ◽

Support Vector ◽

X Ray ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Hybrid Classification ◽

Chest X Ray ◽

Segmentation Image

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic and has raised worldwide concern. Lung inflammation and respiratory failure are commonly observed in moderate-to-severe cases. Chest X-ray imaging is compulsory for diagnosis, and interpretation is commonly performed by skilled medical specialists. Many studies have been conducted using machine learning approaches such as Deep Learning (DL) with acceptable accuracy. However, other dimensions such as computational time were less discussed. Thus, our work is motivated to design anew computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) tool for identifying chest X-ray images of COVID-19 infection using machine learning techniques including Decision Tree (DT), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Neural Networks (NNs). Our work is designed with the concept of multi-layer classification architecture and performs with minimal computational time and acceptable classification results. First, image segmentation, image enhancement and feature extraction techniques are performed. Second, machine learning techniques are selected based on classification performance. Finally, selected machine learning techniques are assembled into a multi-layer hybrid classification model for COVID-19 (MLHC-COVID-19). Specifically, the MLHC-COVID-19 consists of two layers, Layer I: Healthy and Unhealthy; Layer II: COVID-19 and non-COVID-19.