# Classification of pediatric pneumonia using chest X-rays by functional regression

Source: [Classification of pediatric pneumonia using chest X-rays by functional regression](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7de81e209131cea94cbd>)

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Authors: Md Nazmul Islam

Published: 2020-05-07T04:24:26.000Z

## Abstract

An accurate and prompt diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia is imperative for successful treatment intervention. One approach to diagnose pneumonia cases is using radiographic data. In this article, we propose a novel parsimonious scalar-on-image classification model adopting the ideas of functional data analysis. Our main idea is to treat images as functional measurements and exploit underlying covariance structures to select basis functions; these bases are then used in approximating both image profiles and corresponding regression coefficient. We re-express the regression model into a standard generalized linear model where the functional principal component scores are treated as covariates. We apply the method to (1) classify pneumonia against healthy and viral against bacterial pneumonia patients, and (2) test the null effect about the association between images and responses. Extensive simulation studies show excellent numerical performance in terms of classification, hypothesis testing, and efficient computation.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.03243>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.03243.pdf>)