BACKGROUND:
Gleason
grading
remains
the
gold
standard
for
prostate
cancer
histological
classification
and
prognosis,
yet
its
subjectivity
leads
to
grade
variability
between
pathologists,
potentially
impacting
clinical
decision-making.
Herein,
we
trained
validated
a
generalised
AI-driven
system
diagnosing
using
diverse
datasets
from
tissue
microarray
(TMA)
core
whole
slide
images
(WSIs)
with
Hematoxylin
Eosin
staining.
METHODS:
We
analysed
eight
datasets,
which
included
12,711
3,648
patients,
incorporating
TMA
WSIs.
The
Macenko
method
was
used
normalise
colours
consistency
across
images.
Subsequently,
multi-resolution
(5x,
10x,
20x,
40x)
binary
classifier
identify
benign
malignant
tissue.
then
implemented
multi-class
patterns
(GP)
sub-categorisation
Finally,
models
were
externally
on
11,132
histology
2,176
patients
determine
International
Society
of
Urological
Pathology
(ISUP)
grade.
Models
assessed
various
metrics,
agreement
model’s
predictions
ground
truth
quantified
quadratic
weighted
Cohen’s
Kappa
(_κ_)
score.
RESULTS:
Our
demonstrated
robust
performance
in
distinguishing
_κ_
scores
0.967
internal
validation.
model
achieved
ranging
0.876
0.995
four
unseen
testing
datasets.
also
distinguished
GP3,
GP4,
GPs
an
overall
score
0.841.
This
further
tested
obtaining
0.774
0.888.
models’
compared
against
independent
pathologist’s
annotation
external
dataset,
achieving
0.752
classes.
CONCLUSION:
self-supervised
ViT-based
effectively
diagnoses
grades
images,
tissues
classifying
malignancies
by
aggressiveness.
External
validation
highlights
robustness
applicability
digital
pathology.
Neural Computing and Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
36(27), P. 17199 - 17219
Published: June 6, 2024
Abstract
Autism
Spectrum
Disorder
(ASD)
is
a
developmental
condition
resulting
from
abnormalities
in
brain
structure
and
function,
which
can
manifest
as
communication
social
interaction
difficulties.
Conventional
methods
for
diagnosing
ASD
may
not
be
effective
the
early
stages
of
disorder.
Hence,
diagnosis
crucial
to
improving
patient's
overall
health
well-being.
One
alternative
method
autism
facial
expression
recognition
since
autistic
children
typically
exhibit
distinct
expressions
that
aid
distinguishing
them
other
children.
This
paper
provides
deep
convolutional
neural
network
(DCNN)-based
real-time
emotion
system
kids.
The
proposed
designed
identify
six
emotions,
including
surprise,
delight,
sadness,
fear,
joy,
natural,
assist
medical
professionals
families
recognizing
intervention.
In
this
study,
an
attention-based
YOLOv8
(AutYOLO-ATT)
algorithm
proposed,
enhances
model's
performance
by
integrating
attention
mechanism.
outperforms
all
classifiers
metrics,
achieving
precision
93.97%,
recall
97.5%,
F1-score
92.99%,
accuracy
97.2%.
These
results
highlight
potential
real-world
applications,
particularly
fields
where
high
essential.
Bioengineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
11(7), P. 711 - 711
Published: July 13, 2024
The
rapid
advancement
of
computational
infrastructure
has
led
to
unprecedented
growth
in
machine
learning,
deep
and
computer
vision,
fundamentally
transforming
the
analysis
retinal
images.
By
utilizing
a
wide
array
visual
cues
extracted
from
fundus
images,
sophisticated
artificial
intelligence
models
have
been
developed
diagnose
various
disorders.
This
paper
concentrates
on
detection
Age-Related
Macular
Degeneration
(AMD),
significant
condition,
by
offering
an
exhaustive
examination
recent
learning
methodologies.
Additionally,
it
discusses
potential
obstacles
constraints
associated
with
implementing
this
technology
field
ophthalmology.
Through
systematic
review,
research
aims
assess
efficacy
techniques
discerning
AMD
different
modalities
as
they
shown
promise
disorders
diagnosis.
Organized
around
prevalent
datasets
imaging
techniques,
initially
outlines
assessment
criteria,
image
preprocessing
methodologies,
frameworks
before
conducting
thorough
investigation
diverse
approaches
for
detection.
Drawing
insights
more
than
30
selected
studies,
conclusion
underscores
current
trajectories,
major
challenges,
future
prospects
diagnosis,
providing
valuable
resource
both
scholars
practitioners
domain.
Deleted Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 6, 2025
Prostate
Cancer
(PCa)
is
the
second
most
common
cancer
in
men
and
affects
more
than
a
million
people
each
year.
Grading
prostate
based
on
Gleason
grading
system,
subjective
labor-intensive
method
for
evaluating
tissue
samples.
The
variability
diagnostic
approaches
underscores
urgent
need
reliable
methods.
By
integrating
deep
learning
technologies
developing
automated
systems,
precision
can
be
improved,
human
error
minimized.
present
work
introduces
three-stage
framework-based
innovative
deep-learning
system
assessing
PCa
severity
using
PANDA
challenge
dataset.
After
meticulous
selection
process,
2699
usable
cases
were
narrowed
down
from
initial
5160
after
extensive
data
cleaning.
There
are
three
stages
proposed
framework:
classification
of
grades
neural
networks
(DNNs),
segmentation
grades,
computation
International
Society
Urological
Pathology
(ISUP)
machine
classifiers.
Four
classes
patches
classified
segmented
(benign,
3,
4,
5).
Patch
sampling
at
different
sizes
(500
×
500
1000
pixels)
was
used
to
optimize
processes.
performance
network
enhanced
by
Self-organized
operational
(Self-ONN)
DeepLabV3
architecture.
Based
these
predictions,
distribution
percentages
grade
within
whole
slide
images
(WSI)
calculated.
These
features
then
concatenated
into
classifiers
predict
final
ISUP
grade.
EfficientNet_b0
achieved
highest
F1-score
83.83%
classification,
while
+
architecture
self-ONN
EfficientNet
encoder
Dice
Similarity
Coefficient
(DSC)
score
84.9%
segmentation.
Using
RandomForest
(RF)
classifier,
framework
quadratic
weighted
kappa
(QWK)
0.9215.
Deep
frameworks
being
developed
automatically
have
shown
promising
results.
In
addition,
it
provides
prospective
approach
prognostic
tool
that
produce
clinically
significant
results
efficiently
reliably.
Further
investigations
needed
evaluate
framework's
adaptability
effectiveness
across
various
clinical
scenarios.
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 14, 2025
Abstract
Background
Gleason
grading
remains
the
gold
standard
for
prostate
cancer
histological
classification
and
prognosis,
yet
its
subjectivity
leads
to
grade
variability
between
pathologists,
potentially
impacting
clinical
decision-making.
Herein,
we
trained
validated
a
generalised
AI-driven
system
diagnosing
using
diverse
datasets
from
tissue
microarray
(TMA)
core
whole
slide
images
(WSIs)
with
Haematoxylin
Eosin
staining.
Methods
We
analysed
eight
datasets,
which
included
12,711
3648
patients,
incorporating
TMA
WSIs.
The
Macenko
method
was
used
normalise
colours
consistency
across
images.
Subsequently,
multi-resolution
(5x,
10x,
20x,
40x)
binary
classifier
identify
benign
malignant
tissue.
then
implemented
multi-class
patterns
(GP)
sub-categorisation
Finally,
models
were
externally
on
11,132
histology
2176
patients
determine
International
Society
of
Urological
Pathology
(ISUP)
grade.
Models
assessed
various
metrics,
agreement
model’s
predictions
ground
truth
quantified
quadratic
weighted
Cohen’s
Kappa
(
κ
)
score.
Results
Our
demonstrated
robust
performance
in
distinguishing
scores
0.967
internal
validation.
model
achieved
ranging
0.876
0.995
four
unseen
testing
datasets.
also
distinguished
GP3,
GP4,
GPs
an
overall
score
0.841.
This
further
tested
obtaining
0.774
0.888.
models’
compared
against
independent
pathologist’s
annotation
external
dataset,
achieving
0.752
classes.
Conclusion
self-supervised
ViT-based
effectively
diagnoses
grades
images,
tissues
classifying
malignancies
by
aggressiveness.
External
validation
highlights
robustness
applicability
digital
pathology.
Results in Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
23, P. 102651 - 102651
Published: Aug. 2, 2024
Ovarian
cancer,
a
significant
threat
to
women's
health,
demands
innovative
diagnostic
approaches.
This
paper
introduces
groundbreaking
Computer-Aided
Diagnosis
(CAD)
framework
for
the
classification
of
ovarian
integrating
Vision
Transformer
(ViT)
models
and
Local
Interpretable
Model-agnostic
Explanations
(LIME).
ViT
models,
including
ViT-Base-P16-224-In21K,
ViT-Base-P16-224,
ViT-Base-P32-384,
ViT-Large-P32-384,
exhibit
exceptional
accuracy,
precision,
recall,
overall
robust
performance
across
diverse
evaluation
metrics.
The
incorporation
stacked
model
further
enhances
performance.
Experimental
results,
conducted
on
UBC-OCEAN
training
testing
datasets,
highlight
proficiency
in
accurately
classifying
cancer
subtypes
based
histopathological
images.
ViT-Large-P32-384
stands
out
as
top
performer,
achieving
98.79%
accuracy
during
97.37%
testing.
Visualizations,
Receiver
Operating
Characteristic
(ROC)
curves
(LIME),
provide
insights
into
discriminative
capabilities
enhance
interpretability.
proposed
CAD
represents
advancement
diagnostics,
offering
promising
avenue
accurate
transparent
multi-class
Energies,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17(17), P. 4473 - 4473
Published: Sept. 6, 2024
In
order
to
improve
the
dynamic
performance
during
startup
process
of
hydropower
units,
while
considering
efficient
and
stable
speed
increase
effective
suppression
water
pressure
fluctuations
mechanical
vibrations,
optimization
algorithms
must
be
used
select
optimal
parameters
for
system.
However,
in
current
research,
various
multi-objective
still
have
limitations
terms
target
space
coverage
diversity
maintenance
parameter
hydraulic
turbines.
To
explore
verify
turbines,
multiple
strategies
are
proposed
this
study.
Under
condition
constructing
a
fine-tuned
nonlinear
model
control
system,
paper
focuses
on
three
key
indicators:
absolute
integral
deviation,
snail
shell
fluctuation,
relative
value
maximum
axial
thrust.
Through
comparative
analysis
particle
swarm
algorithm
(MOPSO),
variant
(VMOPSO),
sine
cosine
(MOSCA),
biogeography
(MOBBO),
gravity
search
(MOGAS),
improved
(IMOPSO),
obtained
compared
analyzed
strategy,
most
suitable
actual
working
conditions
selected
through
comprehensive
weighting
method.
The
results
show
that,
local
solution
problem
caused
by
other
algorithms,
method
significantly
reduces
vibrations
ensuring
improvement,
achieving
better
performance.
significant
guiding
significance
smooth
operation
safety
provide
strong
support
making
operational
decisions.
Applied Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1), P. 225 - 225
Published: Dec. 30, 2024
Background:
Accurate
and
reliable
classification
models
play
a
major
role
in
clinical
decision-making
processes
for
prostate
cancer
(PCa)
diagnosis.
However,
existing
methods
often
demonstrate
limited
performance,
particularly
when
applied
to
small
datasets
binary
problems.
Objectives:
This
study
aims
design
fine-tuned
deep
learning
(DL)
model
capable
of
classifying
PCa
MRI
images
with
high
accuracy
evaluate
its
performance
by
comparing
it
various
DL
architectures.
Methods:
In
this
study,
basic
convolutional
neural
network
(CNN)
was
developed
subsequently
optimized
using
techniques
such
as
L2
regularization,
Tanh
activation,
dropout,
early
stopping
enhance
performance.
Additionally,
pyramid-type
CNN
architecture
designed
simultaneously
both
fine
details
broader
structures
combining
low-
high-resolution
information
through
feature
maps
extracted
from
different
layers.
approach
enabled
the
learn
complex
features
more
effectively.
For
comparison,
enhanced
pyramid
(FT-EPN)
benchmarked
against
Vgg16,
Vgg19,
Resnet50,
InceptionV3,
Densenet121,
Xception,
which
were
trained
transfer
(TL)
techniques.
It
also
compared
next-generation
vision
transformer
(ViT)
MaxViT-v2.
Results:
The
achieved
an
rate
96.77%,
outperforming
pre-trained
TL
like
ViT
Among
models,
Vgg19
highest
at
92.74%.
93.55%,
while
MaxViT-v2
95.16%.
Conclusions:
presents
FT-EPN
classification,
offering
reference
solution
future
research.
provides
significant
advantages
terms
simplicity
has
been
evaluated
effective
applications.