Towards an Effective and Efficient Deep Learning Model for COVID-19 Patterns Detection in X-ray Images

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Confronting the pandemic of COVID-19, is nowadays one of the most prominent challenges of the human species.

• A key factor in slowing down the virus propagation is the rapid diagnosis and isolation of infected patients.
• The standard method for COVID-19 identification, the Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction method, is time-consuming and in short supply due to the pandemic.
• Thus, researchers have been looking for alternative screening methods and deep learning applied to chest X-rays of patients has been showing promising results.