A Novel Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Tuberculosis Detection

Abstract

India accounts for the world’s largest number of cases in TB, with 2.8 million cases annually, and accounts for more than a quarter of the global TB burden. Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) which most commonly affects the lungs. TB is transmitted from person to person through the air. When people with TB cough, sneeze or spit, the germs are propelled into the air. This paper showcases a methodology which uses a Deep Learning Model (dCNN) for the detection of Tuberculosis in the lungs. The accuracy obtained by the methods for the model is desirable and dependable, which is increasingly productive in contrast to the accuracy shown by other neural networks.