NEHU Professor research highlighted in WHO Impactful Research Repository on COVID-19
The work carried out by Dr. Dinesh Bhatia, Biomedical Engineering Department, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong and his collaborators from Adamas University, Kolkatta led by Prof. Moumita Mukherjee, Dean (R&D), and Dr. Swarnava Biswas, Neotia University, Kolkatta has been recognised and highlighted by World Health Organisation (WHO) website in their "Impactful Research Repository" on COVID-19. The work deploys the use of Internet of Things (IoT)-based infrastructure for early detection, identification and isolation of COVID-19 patients. The system is working on a cloud-based AI-enabled fast and low-cost solution to detect coronavirus infected patients based on Multiple Inference Hypothesis Inference Criterion is the first research that any research group has attempted to do so.
Artificial Intelligence-based system for COVID-19 detection
The originality is in a single point multi-hypothesis based on faster identification of COVID-19 from radiography pictures and other medical vital conditions, with severity score tag for early detection with accuracy scores of more than 90%. The Automated detection tool would provide a helpful second opinion to clinicians and assist them in the screening process more promptly and effectively. The research employs data science and machine learning approaches to analyse radiographic pictures to identify COVID-19.
As per Prof. Mukherjee, “The software employs Artificial Intelligence-based techniques for detecting COVID-19 on chest radiographs (X-rays and CT scans), with other medical vitals such as temperature, oxygen saturation, and even pathological data from blood examination such as leukocyte, lymphocyte and neutrophil count”.
As per Dr. Bhatia, with the support of the government and healthcare sector, additional data is being procured to further expand the study to avoid false negative results and identify asymptomatic patients. Since it is a faster and less expensive technique, it may be considered as a complimentary detection tool with presently available techniques.
Random Stories
24 Aug 2014 - 11:10pm |
AT News
The Assam government will institute a bravery award in the name of the 16-year-old girl a week after she was killed by Bodo militants.Police retrieved her body 24 hours after she was shot dead. Chief...
6 Feb 2010 - 1:32am |
pallavibarua
In 1916, a boy reportedly beat and thrashed one of his British professers E. F. Otten in Presidency College, of then Calcutta. The professor made a racist remark against the Indian students. Result,...
2 Jun 2017 - 12:12am |
AT Kokrajhar Bureau
Merit, precisely, has nothing to do with the economic background of the students. Many students from economically backward families in the remote areas have passed the HSLC and HS examinations with...
28 Jun 2014 - 7:58am |
AT News
The NDRF team deployed in relief and rescue operations in the flood-hit in Guwahati on Saturday fished out the body of Vivek Shah a day after the youth was washed away by the Bharalu river....
Other Contents by Author
Garo Hills Autonomous District Council polling is over with moderate turn out in Meghayala on Monday. Now the eyes are fixed on October 15 when the results would be available by the afternoon.The polling which began from 7 in the morning covered 5 Garo populated districts in the north eastern state to decide on the fate of 162 candidates for 29 seats. The polling began on a dull in many places because of a bandh. But towards the afternoon voters in large number made long queues in front of the booths.
Amid an aroused controversy over special status category for the north east, a central BJP leader claimed to have given thrust on the entire region. He is none other Nilon S Kohli who in Shillong told media people on Thursday that PMO has been directly handling the affairs of the region since it came to power. “Our ministers have been frequently visiting the north eastern region to monitor the process of development,” said Kohli who is on a visit to Meghalaya to campaign for the GHADC polls slated for Sunday. He slammed the Meghalaya government for failing to live up to the expectation saying that the Mukul Sangma government has failed to implement central...
The Meghalaya High Court is hearing a PIL on dual post on Friday. A division bench of the court comprising Justice TNK Singh and Justice SR Sen is set to hear the PIL in the morning session. Advocates N. Syngkon, RN Marbaniang, I. Nongkynrih are representing petitioner Agnes Kharshiing, who moved the court last year. Altogether 18 lawyers are appearing on behalf of the state government, KHADC and JHADC apart from including Advocate General K.S. Kynjing, senior government advocate N.D. Chullai, senior counsel H.S. Thangkhiew, senior counsel S. Nongbri (for KHADC), senior advocate V.G.K. Kynta (for the seven MDCs except Metbah Lyngdoh) and senior advocate G.S. Massar. The Court is...
Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Williamnagar area in search of the GNLA militants who killed two policemen unleashing reign of terror on Thursday. At least 5 Garo militants are believed to have been involved in the gory incident at Kusumkolgre where the militants shot dead Helpingstone Nongskheh, Kundan Dalu who were riding on a two wheeler on their way t Bolkingre camp. The cops died near the hanging bridge at Kusumkolgre.
Trouble brews for a section of officers in the Meghalaya urban development after the Meghalaya High asked CBI to register cases against them for allowing the construction of high rise buildings in Shillong. A division bench of the Meghalaya High Court comprising Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice SR Sen on Monday directed CBI to institute probe against the officer who cleared permissions for construction of high rise buildings violating the G+3 building by-laws.The court in its order asked the authority to demolish the illegal construction within 15 days with the help of para-military forces.
Meghalaya governor V Shanmuganathan is given the additional charge of Manipur until further order by the President of India.
Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said that days are not far when the north Indians will merge with the north easterners. In his speech at the Arunachal Pradesh Tribe Festival in Shillong recently, he called the region a mainstream saying that the north east is no less protesting and safeguarding the nation.According to the minister, the Centre is contemplating a set of stringent laws to stop the incidents racial discrimination which has come down drastically.
Amid an escalating counter insurgency offensive, Meghalaya police claimed to have killed a top GNLA at an encounter in Meghalaya on Sunday. The gun battle took place at Patalgre village near Williamnagar in East Garo Hills at around 11:20 in the morning in between Patalgre and Dorengkigre village. According to superintendent of police, East Garo Hills, “there was a huge exchange of firing where the militant died on the spot. Police recovered an AK-56 from the encounter spot.”The slain militant was brought to Williamnagar at 2 in the afternoon.
Suspected militants are believed to have killed an intelligence officer in Meghalaya sending sensation across the north eastern region on Friday. The needle of suspicion points towards ASAC who killed the newly recruited inspector a day after he was kidnapped along with his associate. His body was found in South Garo hills in the evening while his associate is still remaining clueless.
After Nagaland, now its turn for Meghalaya to claim rights over its natural resources. Initially, it confines to the coal mines. The Meghalaya assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday asking for Presidential notification to exempt the state from a certain set of laws on its coalmines. According to chief minister Dr Mukul Sangma, a proposal was pending before the Centre where it sought a presidential notification under paragraph 12 A (b) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution they passed in March this year.The assembly unanimously agreed that a certain slew of Section in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973, and Coal...
Add new comment