COVID-19 pathways for brain and heart injury in comorbidity patients: A role of medical imaging and artificial intelligence-based COVID severity classification: A review

Jasjit S. Suri, Anudeep Puvvula, Mainak Biswas, Misha Majhail, Luca Saba, Gavino Faa, Inder M. Singh, Ronald Oberleitner, Monika Turk, Paramjit S. Chadha, Amer M. Johri, J. Miguel Sanches, Narendra N. Khanna, Klaudija Viskovic, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R. Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, David W. Sobel, Antonella BalestrieriPetros P. Sfikakis, George Tsoulfas, Athanasios Protogerou, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, George D. Kitas, Puneet Ahluwalia, Raghu Kolluri, Jagjit Teji, Mustafa Al Maini, Ann Agbakoba, Surinder K. Dhanjil, Meyypan Sockalingam, Ajit Saxena, Andrew Nicolaides, Aditya Sharma, Vijay Rathore, Janet N.A. Ajuluchukwu, Mostafa Fatemi, Azra Alizad, Vijay Viswanathan, Pudukode R. Krishnan, Subbaram Naidu

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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has penetrated the field of medicine, particularly the field of radiology. Since its emergence, the highly virulent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over 10 million people, leading to over 500,000 deaths as of July 1st, 2020. Since the outbreak began, almost 28,000 articles about COVID-19 have been published (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov); however, few have explored the role of imaging and artificial intelligence in COVID-19 patients—specifically, those with comorbidities. This paper begins by presenting the four pathways that can lead to heart and brain injuries following a COVID-19 infection. Our survey also offers insights into the role that imaging can play in the treatment of comorbid patients, based on probabilities derived from COVID-19 symptom statistics. Such symptoms include myocardial injury, hypoxia, plaque rupture, arrhythmias, venous thromboembolism, coronary thrombosis, encephalitis, ischemia, inflammation, and lung injury. At its core, this study considers the role of image-based AI, which can be used to characterize the tissues of a COVID-19 patient and classify the severity of their infection. Image-based AI is more important than ever as the pandemic surges and countries worldwide grapple with limited medical resources for detection and diagnosis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number103960
JournalComputers in Biology and Medicine
Volume124
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Brain
  • COVID-19
  • Comorbidity
  • Heart
  • Imaging
  • Lung
  • Pathophysiology
  • Risk assessment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Informatics
  • Computer Science Applications

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