# PneumoNet: Artificial Intelligence Assistance for Pneumonia Detection on X-Rays
## 3 Pneumonet Framework
### XAI Module
Such advancements would position PneumoNet as a more versatile diagnostic tool, capable of addressing diverse pulmonary conditions in real-world healthcare settings. Overall, PneumoNet represents a significant advancement in the use of DL for pneumonia detection. Its high accuracy, interpretability, and adaptability make it a promising tool for real-time diagnostic applications, particularly in resource-limited settings. Future research, as mentioned in some part already, may explore incorporating additional clinical data, refining model interpretability, and validating the system in real-world clinical environments to enhance its practical utility. Also, in the future, the authors intend to develop the mentioned new XAI model focused on COVID-19 detection on X-rays to explain the predictions of a created model and to generate integrated medical reports using visual language models and large language models. Conceptualisation, C.A., J.M.F.R. and A.C.; methodology, J.M.F.R. and C.A. ; software, C.A. ; validation, J.M.F.R. and A.C.; formal analysis, C.A., J.M.F.R. and A.C.; investigation, C.A., J.M.F.R. and A.C.; writing--original draft preparation, C.A., J.M.F.R. and A.C.; writing--review and editing, J.M.F.R. and A.C.; visualisation, C.A. ; supervision, J.M.F.R. and C.A. ; project administration, J.M.F.R. ; funding acquisition, J.M.F.R. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. This research was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) by UID/04516/NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics (NOVA LINCS) with the financial support of FCT.IP and by FCT project ALGORITMI (UIDB/00319/2020). Not applicable. **Data Availability Statement:** Source code available at [[https://github.com/kucaantunes/PneumoNet-Automatic-Pneumonia-Detection-on-X-rays](https://github.com/kucaantunes/PneumoNet-Automatic-Pneumonia-Detection-on-X-rays)]([https://github.com/kucaantunes/PneumoNet-Automatic-Pneumonia-Detection-on-X-rays](https://github.com/kucaantunes/PneumoNet-Automatic-Pneumonia-Detection-on-X-rays)) (accessed on 13 January 2025). Our gratitude to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The authors declare no conflict of interest. ## References

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