Performance of an artificial intelligence algorithm for interpreting lung sounds from children hospitalised with pneumonia in Malawi

This AI lung sound classification algorithm accurately identified abnormal lung sounds in children with severe pneumonia. Next steps include training the algorithm to identify uninterpretable recordings and different abnormal sounds.

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Journal of Global Health
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2025-09-19
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https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.04264
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4
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Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
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Abstract

This AI lung sound classification algorithm accurately identified abnormal lung sounds in children with severe pneumonia. Next steps include training the algorithm to identify uninterpretable recordings and different abnormal sounds.

Journal of Global HealthVol. 15
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US), Kaiser Permanente (US), Johns Hopkins University (US), University of Malawi (MW), University of California, Los Angeles (US), University of the Witwatersrand (ZA), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US), Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW), University Teaching Hospital (ZM), University of Colorado Denver (US)
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