Abstract:Pneumonia has been identified as the top cause of mortality in children under the age of five, as well as in elderly with comorbidities. According to the World Health Organization, pneumonia reported 14% fatalities in children under the age of five nationwide in 2019. Chest x-ray (CXR) has been commonly used for detection of pneumonia. However, factor such as noise with low levels of intensity and low contrast between the images and the boundary representation can modify CXR images and it also requires highly … Show more
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