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Anwar Ul Haque¹, Sayeed Ghani¹, Muhammad Saeed²

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This study introduces a novel method for classifying pneumonia on chest X-rays (CXR) using capsule network clusters (CNsC). The advanced approach achieves high accuracy in detecting pneumonia-related inflammation, improving diagnostic efficiency.

Keywords:

Capsule networks clusters Deep learning Dicom Pneumonia X-rays

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Pulmonary Medicine

Background:

Pneumonia has evolved into severe forms like COVID-19, posing global health risks.
Accurate and efficient detection of pneumonia in chest X-rays (CXR) is crucial for timely treatment.
Existing models often require extensive image augmentation, increasing training time.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and evaluate a novel method for categorizing pneumonia-related inflammation in CXR images.
To utilize capsule network clusters (CNsC) for comprehensive analysis of inflammation in CXR.
To enhance classification rationale using enhanced class activation maps (mCAM).

Main Methods:

Implemented capsule network clusters (CNsC) to learn geometric and positional aspects of inflammation.
Employed enhanced class activation maps (mCAM) for clinically relevant classification.
Tested the model on the RSNA pneumonia dataset and standard clinical X-ray images, avoiding image augmentation.

Main Results:

Achieved high accuracy (98.3%) and recall (99.5%) on the RSNA pneumonia dataset.
Demonstrated rapid interpretation of CXR perspectives without image augmentation.
Showcased promising results on real-world clinical X-ray images.

Conclusions:

The CNsC model offers an efficient and accurate method for pneumonia detection in CXR.
This approach significantly reduces training and evaluation durations.
The model shows potential for clinical application in diagnosing pneumonia.