Method for detecting virological disorders

A method for detecting medical conditions, implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and program instructions and data stored in the memory to implement the method comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of images of persons, at least some of whom have a medical condition;
• when the medical condition is not a virological disorder:
• generating a plurality of additional images from the acquired plurality of images using a plurality of image augmentation methods, and
• training a machine learning model using the acquired plurality of images and the generated plurality of additional images to form a trained machine learning model;
• and
• when the medical condition is a virological disorder:
• not generating the plurality of additional images so as to improve accuracy of the machine learning model in recognizing presence of a virological disorder in images.

A non-transitory computer program product for detecting medical conditions, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer, to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of images of persons, at least some of whom have a medical condition;
• when the medical condition is not a virological disorder:
• generating a plurality of additional images from the acquired plurality of images using a plurality of image augmentation methods, and
• training a machine learning model using the acquired plurality of images and the generated plurality of additional images to form a trained machine learning model;
• and
• wherein when the medical condition is a virological disorder:
• not generating the plurality of additional images so as to improve accuracy of the machine learning model in recognizing presence of a virological disorder in images.