A graphical method of detecting pneumonia using chest radiograph

• Main Authors: Mohd. Noor, Norliza, Mohd. Rijal, Omar, Abu Bakar, S. A. R., Mohd. Iqbal, Mohd. Iqbal, Gan, Chew Peng
• Format: Article
• Published: World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society (WSEAS) 2009
• Subjects: QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/11774/; http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1639402.1639407

An important ingredient of health care is the correct initial diagnosis of chest ailments using images of chest radiograph. This paper develops a simple graphical method to aid the initial screening and discrimination of pneumonia patients (PNEU) from pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients, lung canc...