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. 2023 Jul 29;23(15):6781. doi: 10.3390/s23156781
Algorithm 2: The pseudo-code used to create search strings.
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    Databases ← [Google Scholar, Springer Link, PubMed, MDPI, Science Direct, IEEE Xplore]

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    Initialize Keywords

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    Disease_Keywords ← [Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, TB]

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    Aim_Keywords ← [Localization, Segmentation, Explainable, Interpretable, Identification, Detection, Diagnosis, Screening]

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    Method_Keywords ← [Deep Learning, Weakly Supervised, CNN, Neural Network]

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    Data_Keywords ← [Chest X-ray, Chest Radiography]

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    Search_String ← “”

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    for  disease ∈ Disease_Keywords  do

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        for aim ∈ Aim_Keywords do

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            for data ∈ Data_Keywords do

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               Search_String = disease AND aim AND data

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               for database ∈ Databases do

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                   papers ← databases.search(Search_String)

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               end for

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            end for

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        end for

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    end for