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. 2020 Nov 23;6:e313. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.313

Table 3. The summary of the COVID-19 diagnostic tools based on machine learning algorithms.

Reference Algorithm Performance Contribution Benefit
Apostolopoulos & Mpesiana (2020) Transfer Learning with CNN Accuracy: 98.75% Device approach for automatic diagnostic of COVID-19 based on X-ray Cost-effective, fast diagnosis and reduce exposure of medical workers to COVID-19
Sensitivity: 92.85%
Specificity: 98.75%
Ardakani et al. (2020) Variants of CNN
ResNet 101
Accuracy: 99.51% Automated characterization and diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. Cheaper and faster compared to the traditional laboratory analysis of COVID-19. Reduces medical worker’s workload.
Sensitivity: 100%
Specificity: 99.02%
Butt et al. (2020) CNN AUC: 0.996 Outperform the traditional RT-PCR testing of COVID-19 fast and reliable in detecting COVID-19 pandemic.
Sensitivity: 98.2%
Specificity: 92.2%.
Huang et al. (2020b) Deep learning algorithm Not Applicable as a result of ANOVA analysis The assessment of the lung opacification measured is significantly different from the clinical groups The approach has the potential to remove the subjectivity in the initial evaluation of COVID-19 findings as well as follow up pulmonary
Li et al. (2020b) CNN Sensitivity:87% The automated framework that differentiates COVID-19 from pneumonia Automated the COVID-19 testing process, reduces the testing time and fatigue.
Specificity:92%
AUC: 95%
Liu et al. (2020a) P-CNN Sensitivity: 100% Diagnose COVID-19 with limited data and present new probabilistic Grad-CAM salient map Limited amount of data can be used for the COVID-19 diagnoses, and it is interpretable.
Precision: 76.9%
Ozturk et al. (2020) CNN Sensitivity: 85.35% Improve efficiency and automate the COVID-19 screening process Automate the process of COVID-19 diagnoses to reduce fatigue
Specificity: 92.18%
Accuracy: 87.02%
Salman et al. (2020) CNN Sensitivity: 100% Automated COVID-19 screening process Reduces diagnostic time
Specificity: 100%
Accuracy: 100%
Singh et al. (2020) MODE based CNN Sensitivity: > 90% Diagnose COVID-19 with better accuracy than the competitive models The proposal is beneficial to COVID-19 real-time classification
Specificity: > 90%
Toğaçar, Ergen & Cömert (2020) CNN-SVM Overall accuracy: 99.27% Contributed to the efficient detection of COVID-19 Automated detection of COVID-19 patient
Ucar & Korkmaz (2020) Bayesian-based SqueezeNet Accuracy: 100% Presents alternative rapid COVID-19 diagnostic tool based on deep Bayes-SqueezeNet It will be of benefit to healthcare professionals in diagnosing COVID-19 efficiently.
Specificity: 99.67%
Wu et al. (2020) ResNet50 Accuracy: 0.819 Provide COVID-19 diagnosis from multiple view Reduce the workload of a radiologist by offering fast and accurate COVID-19 diagnosis
Sensitivity: 0.760
Specificity: 0.811
Loey, Smarandache & Khalifa (2020) Googlenet, Alexnet and RestNet18 Googlenet, Alexnet and Googlenet scored 80.6%, 85.2% and 100% in the 4, 3 and 2 classes classification problems Generate sufficient COVID-19 data to improve COVID-19 diagnosis Early detection of COVID-19 and reduce the workload of radiologist
Hurt, Kligerman & Hsiao (2020) Deep learning Not provided Improve the detection COVID-19 from X-ray Early detection of COVID-19
Jiang et al. (2020) Machine learning algorithm Accuracy: 70–80% Detect COVID-19 severity in a patient at the initial presentation Help in optimal utilization of scarce resources to cope with COVID-19
Liu et al. (2020a) Logistic regression ROC: 0.93 Applied CT quantification of pneumonia to predict progression to COVID-19 severity provide a prognostic indicator for COVID-19 clinical management
Confidence interval: 95%
Mei et al. (2020) Deep ensemble algorithm ROC: 0.92 Predict COVID-19 with both image and none image clinical information The ensemble diagnostic tool can detect COVID-19 patients rapidly
Accuracy: 68%
Sensitivity: 84.3%
Specificity: 82.8%
Yang et al. (2020a) Densely connected convolutional networks Accuracy: 92% Detect COVID-19 from CT scan via densely connected convolutional networks Reduce radiologist workload
Sensitivity: 97%
Specificity: 87%