Mobile application prototyping using Artificial Intelligence to support childhood tuberculosis diagnosis.

OBJECTIVES

to develop a mobile application prototype using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict and support the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children - TB Kids.

METHODS

technological development research of the prototyping type, based on the Rational Unified Process model and its four stages: conception, elaboration, construction and transition. The development of the TB Kids prototype took place from November 2022 to July 2023.

RESULTS

the TB Kids prototype has features for risk assessment, nutritional assessment, tuberculin skin test, investigation of antibiotic therapy and contacts, interpretation of chest X-rays through AI with risk graph and decision-making, complementary guidance and recording of the clinical picture.

CONCLUSIONS

the high-fidelity mobile application prototype has a consistent interface, responding with creativity and innovation to Sustainable Development Goal 3 and the lack of prediction software using AI in the diagnosis of children at risk for tuberculosis.