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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Informatics
    • Machine Learning
    • Public Health

    Background:

    • Thermography is crucial for pandemic prevention at airports but has low accuracy.
    • Developing more sensitive and specific screening methods is essential.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze a multimodal infection screening system using machine learning.
    • To compare the performance of various classification algorithms with thermography.

    Main Methods:

    • Empirical study applying six classification algorithms to multimodal vital-signs data.
    • Comparison of multimodal system performance against thermography.
    • Analysis of 92 subjects (57 influenza patients, 35 healthy controls).

    Main Results:

    • The multimodal system reduced misclassification rates by over 50% compared to thermography.
    • Classification times were below 6 ms, proving practical feasibility.
    • K-nearest neighbors, support vector machine, and quadratic discriminant analysis achieved 93% sensitivity.

    Conclusions:

    • Multimodal infection screening effectively addresses thermography's limitations.
    • Machine learning enhances the accuracy and efficiency of infection screening systems.