Differentiating novel coronavirus pneumonia from general pneumonia based on machine learning

Background Chest CT screening as supplementary means is crucial in diagnosing novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) with high sensitivity and popularity. Machine learning was adept in discovering intricate structures from CT images and achieved expert-level performance in medical image analysis. Methods An integrated machine learning framework on chest CT images for differentiating COVID-19 from general pneumonia (GP) was developed and...