Using artificial intelligence to detect Covid-19 in X-rays

Posted on 27 May 2020 by Jonny Williamson

Students at Cranfield University specialising in Computer and Machine Vision (CMV) have designed intelligent computer models that can identify Covid-19 in X-rays.

A common symptom of Covid-19 is pneumonia. Being able to detect pneumonia-related anomalies in an X-ray, therefore, could aid in the tracking of the virus. Two groups studying for their MSc programme at Cranfield University decided to take up the challenge as their group project, which tasked the students to work collaboratively on problems and…

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