System for coronavirus classification based on a new textural descriptor

The combination of Chest X-Ray imaging and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has proven its efficiency in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) detection [1]. The present paper proposes an efficient COVID-19 detection system based on a new textural features descriptor: Monogenic Local Binary Pattern Variance (MLBPV). An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model is used for Regions Of Interest (ROIs) classification. Evaluating MLBPV, it outperforms other tested models by achieving an Area Under Curve
$(A_{z})$
of 0.96263 and an accuracy of 99.9805%. Comparing our method with previous ones proves that ours provides the best performance. This model may be implemented in digital X-Ray machine for radiography and help radiologists.