Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm

Abstract The global spread of COVID-19, particularly through cough symptoms, necessitates efficient diagnostic tools. COVID-19 patients exhibit unique cough sound patterns distinguishable from other respiratory conditions. This study proposes an advanced framework to detect and predict COVID-19 usin...

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Main Authors: G. Ayappan, S. Anila
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85140-w
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description Abstract The global spread of COVID-19, particularly through cough symptoms, necessitates efficient diagnostic tools. COVID-19 patients exhibit unique cough sound patterns distinguishable from other respiratory conditions. This study proposes an advanced framework to detect and predict COVID-19 using deep learning from cough audio signals. Audio data from the COUGHVID dataset undergo preprocessing through fuzzy gray level difference histogram equalization, followed by segmentation with a U-Net model. Key features are extracted via Zernike Moments (ZM) and Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM). The Enhanced Deep Neural Network (EDNN), tuned by the Coronavirus Herd Immunity Optimizer (CHIO), performs final prediction by minimizing error metrics. Comparative simulation results reveal that the proposed EDNN–CHIO model improves MSE by 25.35% and SMAPE by 42.06% over conventional models like PSO, WOA, and LSTM. The proposed approach demonstrates superior error reduction, highlighting its potential for effective COVID-19 detection.
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spelling doaj-art-ef66bfab1a984064a7d95a616e807bcf2025-08-20T01:49:41ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-01-0115112410.1038/s41598-025-85140-wAutomatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithmG. Ayappan0S. Anila1Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of EngineeringDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of TechnologyAbstract The global spread of COVID-19, particularly through cough symptoms, necessitates efficient diagnostic tools. COVID-19 patients exhibit unique cough sound patterns distinguishable from other respiratory conditions. This study proposes an advanced framework to detect and predict COVID-19 using deep learning from cough audio signals. Audio data from the COUGHVID dataset undergo preprocessing through fuzzy gray level difference histogram equalization, followed by segmentation with a U-Net model. Key features are extracted via Zernike Moments (ZM) and Gray Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM). The Enhanced Deep Neural Network (EDNN), tuned by the Coronavirus Herd Immunity Optimizer (CHIO), performs final prediction by minimizing error metrics. Comparative simulation results reveal that the proposed EDNN–CHIO model improves MSE by 25.35% and SMAPE by 42.06% over conventional models like PSO, WOA, and LSTM. The proposed approach demonstrates superior error reduction, highlighting its potential for effective COVID-19 detection.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85140-wCOVID-19 detection and predictionCough audio signalsCoronavirus herd immunity optimizerEnhanced deep neural network
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Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
Scientific Reports
COVID-19 detection and prediction
Cough audio signals
Coronavirus herd immunity optimizer
Enhanced deep neural network
title Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
title_full Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
title_fullStr Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
title_full_unstemmed Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
title_short Automatic detection and prediction of COVID-19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
title_sort automatic detection and prediction of covid 19 in cough audio signals using coronavirus herd immunity optimizer algorithm
topic COVID-19 detection and prediction
Cough audio signals
Coronavirus herd immunity optimizer
Enhanced deep neural network
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85140-w
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