COVID-SWIFT (Now Known as XraySetu)
COVID-SWIFT (now known as XraySetu)
COVID-SWIFT is a free WhatsApp-based service that provides a swift diagnosis of potential COVID-19 patients by analyzing chest X-ray images. Our state-of-the-art deep learning model generates a report containing predictions for COVID-19 and 14 other lung abnormalities, with interpretable semantic markings on the chest X-ray. This can help doctors understand the severity of their patients' illness. We ran a small-scale pilot for the last 10 months, in which interested doctors could receive a machine-generated X-ray report within minutes of sending us chest X-rays of suspected patients. Our model is trained using multi-task learning on multiple chest X-ray datasets from NIH, RSNA, etc. We will soon be sharing our paper with further details.
COVID-SWIFT has now been launched as XraySetu in collaboration between IISc, Niramai, and ARTPARK. XraySetu is quick and simple for busy doctors to use. It allows doctors in rural areas to plan early intervention for their patients by simply taking a picture of the X-ray and sending it over WhatsApp. We believe this could be the model for the future of Indian healthcare, accessible to everyone wherever they might be.
— Sabyasachi Sahoo (IISc), Rachit Shah (IISc), Siva Teja Kakileti (Niramai), Prateek Katte (Niramai)