AI-driven pneumonia diagnosis from chest x-rays

Saaidin, Shuria and Kassim, Murizah (2025) AI-driven pneumonia diagnosis from chest x-rays. International Journal of Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals and Cosmetic Science (IJPNaCS), 8 (Suppl1): 5. pp. 20-22. ISSN 2682-8146
Abstract

Pneumonia remains a significant global health issue, especially in areas with limited diagnostic resources. Traditional methods for diagnosing pneumonia from chest X-rays are slow and require expert radiologists. We developed an AI-powered pneumonia detection tool using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with VGG16 and Inception models. These models were trained on chest X-ray datasets and achieved high accuracy in classifying pneumonia. Our app, built with Flask, allows healthcare professionals to uploadX-rays and get real-time predictions with confidence scores. The system supports continuous learning through user feedback, improving its performance. This tool can potentially revolutionise pneumonia diagnosis, especially in lowresource settings.

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