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Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is responsible for the rapid global spread of the COVID-19 disease. As a result, it is critical to understand and collect primary data on the virus, infection epidemiology, and treatment. Despite the speed with which the virus was detected, studies of its cell biology and architecture at the ultrastructural level are still in their infancy. Therefore, we investigated and analyzed the viral morphometry of SARS-CoV-2 to extract important key points of the virus’s characteristics. Then, we proposed a prediction model to identify the real virus levels based on the optimization of a full recurrent neural network (RNN) using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images. Consequently, identification of virus levels depends on the size of the morphometry of the area (width, height, circularity, roundness, aspect ratio, and solidity). The results of our model were an error score of training network performance 3.216 × 10−11 at 639 epoch, regression of −1.6 × 10−9, momentum gain (Mu) 1 × 10−9, and gradient value of 9.6852 × 10−8, which represent a network with a high ability to predict virus levels. The fully automated system enables virologists to take a high-accuracy approach to virus diagnosis, prevention of mutations, and life cycle and improvement of diagnostic reagents and drugs, adding a point of view to the advancement of medical virology.

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Title
SARS-CoV-2 Morphometry Analysis and Prediction of Real Virus Levels Based on Full Recurrent Neural Network Using TEM Images
Author
Bakr Ahmed Taha 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Yousif Al Mashhadany 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Al-Jumaily, Abdulmajeed H J 3 ; Mohd Saiful Dzulkefly Bin Zan 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Arsad, Norhana 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia 
 Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Anbar, Anbar 00964, Iraq 
 Department of Computer and Communication Systems Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia 
First page
2386
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19994915
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2734750551
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.