Pneumonia Identification from Chest X-rays (CXR) Using Ensemble Deep Learning Approach

Ng Weng Mun, Mahmud Iwan Solihin, Li Sze Chow, Affiani Machmudah

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Abstract

Chest x-ray screening has proven to be the most reliable method to diagnose pneumonia. However, it requires a professional radiologist to identify the symptom of pneumonia from each x-ray images. In the scarcity of professional radiologists, computer vision can assist in diagnosing x-ray images. This study aims to design a reliable image classifier for diagnosing pneumonia using an ensemble deep learning approach. Multiple experiments are conducted to evaluate transfer learning applications, data augmentations, and ensemble techniques. The pre-trained deep learning models are Xception, DenseNet201, ResNet152V2, InceptionResNetV2, NASNetLarge, and VGG16. The dataset used for training the models is obtained from Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical centre. Each of the chosen models is trained and fine-tuned with Nesterov Stochastic Gradient Descent optimizer with their respective learning rate. The majority voting ensemble approach is employed to archive an accuracy of 97.56 and 99.14% for train and test data, respectively. It yields an F1 score of 99.25% for the test data.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 6th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering, InECCE 2021
EditorsZainah Md. Zain, Mohd. Herwan Sulaiman, Amir Izzani Mohamed, Mohd. Shafie Bakar, Mohd. Syakirin Ramli
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1139-1151
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9789811686894
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event6th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering, InECCE 2021 - Kuantan, Malaysia
Duration: 23 Aug 202123 Aug 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume842
ISSN (Print)1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering, InECCE 2021
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuantan
Period23/08/2123/08/21

Keywords

  • Chest x-ray image classification
  • Deep learning
  • Pneumonia detection
  • Transfer learning

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