Chapter 10

Early detection of COVID-19 pneumonia based on ground-glass opacity (GGO) features of computerized tomography (CT) angiography

H.M.K.K.M.B. Herath, G.M.K.B. Karunasena and B.G.D.A. Madhusanka,    Faculty of Engineering Technology, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Abstract

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic in March 2020. As of January 2021, more than 96.2 million confirmed cases have been recorded, causing catastrophic damage around the world. To diagnose COVID-19 patients, PCR testing takes time, and the test findings tend to be of low accuracy relative to computerized tomography (CT) testing. The aim of this study is to develop a system for early detection of COVID-19 pneumonia ...

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