Research on Intelligent Recognition Algorithm of Pneumonia Based on Deep Convolution and Attention Neural Network

Abstract

Pneumonia is a common infection that inflames the air sacs in the lungs, causing symptoms such as difficulty breathing and fever. Although pneumonia is not difficult to treat, prompt diagnosis is crucial. Without proper treatment, pneumonia can be fatal, especially in children and the elderly. Chest x-rays are an affordable way to diagnose pneumonia. Investigating an algorithmic model that can reliably and intelligently classify pneumonia based on chest X-ray images could greatly reduce the burden on physicians. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the four convolutional neural networks VGG16, ResNet50, DenseNet201, and DWA algorithm models are analyzed and given by comparing and investigating each model. The VGG16, ResNet50, and DenseNet201 network models are compared with the DWA model. When training the depthwise separable convolution with attention neural network (DWA), the training accuracy reaches 97.5%. The validation accuracy was 79% due to the model’s tendency to overfit, and the test dataset had 1175 X-ray images with a test accuracy of 96.1%. The experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of the attention mechanism and the reliability of the deeply separable convolutional neural network algorithm. The successful application of the deep learning algorithm proposed in this paper on pneumonia recognition will provide an objective, accurate, and fast solution for medical practitioners and can provide a fast and accurate pneumonia diagnosis system for doctors.