Pneumonia Detection for everyone under $100

Inspiration

Pneumonia has troubled the world for decades, with deaths mounting when early detection is missed. The World Health Organization estimates that each year the number of people affected by pneumonia is nearly 450 million, with the number of deaths reaching 4,000,000 per year, mostly in the developing world. These numbers represent a lot of pain, lost dreams, and grief for people everywhere, and can be mitigated. "Pneumonia detection can be out of reach for many!" So far, the detection of pneumonia is achieved by using x-rays, chest scans, or extracting blood serum in extreme cases. BUT this requires time, resources, skilled personnel, and it is expensive!

What it does

"Solving for cost, location and speed will save lives." I’ve been working on a solution that harnesses low-cost hardware and software that can deliver effective detection for people everywhere, regardless of location, skill, and affordability. With the help of Edge Impulse and ultra-low-power hardware, I can show you how to effectively detect and alert you of potential pneumonia! Our project enables a person to just take a chest x-ray of the patient and use the hardware which lays out results to a computer or a mobile (with no technical expertise required!)

How I built it

Generated TFLite models from EI Studio.
Converted them to C++ scripts from the TFLite models.
Made shell scripts to run them directly when the device is connected to a mobile phone or a computer.
Eureka! It works. :D