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ml-workgroup / covid-19-image-repository

Anonymized dataset of COVID-19 cases with a focus on radiological imaging. This includes images (x-ray / ct) with extensive metadata, such as admission-, ICU-, laboratory-, and patient master-data.
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Assume all images are COVID positive? #4

Open ieee8023 opened 4 years ago

ieee8023 commented 4 years ago

If the patient is not admitted yet (positive admission offset) should we assume they are COVID positive? Possibly just not testing positive at the moment?

liob commented 4 years ago

This is an interesting question. Our strategy is to represent the data as faithfully as possible. We thought about different representations:

However, in the end, we decided against such a representation and opted for the admission offset. The idea was to let the data analyst decide which representation best fits for their specific research hypothesis. Unfortunately, this puts you in the position to define criteria.

If I had to decide, I would declare:

We are currently working on making the first positive test date available as an offset. Would this help you in this regard?