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Robust Machine Learning Technique to Classify COVID-19 Using Fusion of Texture and Vesselness of X-Ray Images

Shaik Mahaboob Basha^1,*, Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque², Samia Allaoua Chelloug^3,*, Mohamed Abd Elaziz^4,5,6,7, Shaik Hashmitha Mohisin⁸, Suhail Parvaze Pathan⁹

1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, N.B.K.R. Institute of Science & Technology, Vidyanagar, Andhra Pradesh, 524413, India
2 Department of Teleinformatics Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, 60455-970, Brazil
3 Information Technology Department, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, 84428, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt
5 Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Galala University, Suez, 435611, Egypt
6 Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
7 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, 13-5053, Lebanon
8 Department of Avionics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695547, India
9 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108, USA

* Corresponding Authors: Shaik Mahaboob Basha. Email: ; Samia Allaoua Chelloug. Email: