Computers in Biology and Medicine,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
188, P. 109721 - 109721
Published: Feb. 19, 2025
Breast
cancer
is
the
most
common
worldwide,
and
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI)
constitutes
a
very
sensitive
technique
for
invasive
detection.
When
reviewing
breast
MRI
examination,
clinical
radiologists
rely
on
multimodal
information,
composed
of
data
but
also
information
not
present
in
images
such
as
information.
Most
machine
learning
(ML)
approaches
are
well
suited
data.
However,
attention-based
architectures,
Transformers,
flexible
therefore
good
candidates
integrating
The
aim
this
study
was
to
develop
evaluate
novel
deep
(DL)
model
combining
ultrafast
dynamic
contrast-enhanced
(UF-DCE)
images,
lesion
characteristics
classification.
From
2019
2023,
UF-DCE
radiology
reports
240
patients
were
retrospectively
collected
from
single
center
annotated.
Imaging
constituted
volumes
interest
(VOI)
extracted
around
segmented
lesions.
Non-imaging
both
(categorical)
geometrical
(scalar)
Clinical
annotated
associated
their
corresponding
We
compared
diagnostic
performances
traditional
ML
methods
non-imaging
data,
an
image
based
DL
architecture,
Transformer-based
Multimodal
Sieve
Transformer
with
Vision
encoder
(MMST-V).
final
dataset
included
987
lesions
(280
benign,
121
malignant
lesions,
586
benign
lymph
nodes)
1081
reports.
For
classification
scalar
had
greater
influence
(Area
under
receiver
operating
characteristic
curve
(AUROC)
=
0.875
±
0.042)
than
categorical
(AUROC
0.680
0.060).
MMST-V
achieved
better
0.928
0.027)
0.900
0.045),
only
0.863
0.025).
proposed
adaptative
approach
that
can
consider
redundant
provided
by
It
demonstrated
unimodal
methods.
Results
highlight
combination
patient
detailed
additional
knowledge
enhances
MRI.
Diagnostics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
13(4), P. 801 - 801
Published: Feb. 20, 2023
Alzheimer’s
disease
(AD)
is
a
slow
neurological
disorder
that
destroys
the
thought
process,
and
consciousness,
of
human.
It
directly
affects
development
mental
ability
neurocognitive
functionality.
The
number
patients
with
increasing
day
by
day,
especially
in
old
aged
people,
who
are
above
60
years
age,
and,
gradually,
it
becomes
cause
their
death.
In
this
research,
we
discuss
segmentation
classification
Magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI)
disease,
through
concept
transfer
learning
customizing
convolutional
neural
network
(CNN)
specifically
using
images
segmented
Gray
Matter
(GM)
brain.
Instead
training
computing
proposed
model
accuracy
from
start,
used
pre-trained
deep
as
our
base
model,
after
that,
was
applied.
tested
over
different
epochs,
10,
25,
50.
overall
97.84%.
International Journal of Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
11(1)
Published: Jan. 4, 2025
A
neurodegenerative
illness
known
as
Alzheimer's
causes
the
loss
of
brain
cells
and
progressive
atrophy
tissue.
It
badly
affects
a
person’s
normal
life.
However,
if
we
are
able
to
detect
it
early
treat
it,
most
patients
will
be
recover
some
degree
lead
life
with
dependence.
Continuous
clinical
assessment
is
needed
for
diagnosing
this
type
disorder.
Medical
diagnosis
today
extensively
relies
on
deep
learning
approaches.
medical
image
data
analysis
has
lot
constraints.
One
major
constraints
faced
during
scarcity
imbalance.
In
light
these
concerns,
current
study
sets
out
create
hybrid
model
that
can
effectively
categorise
various
disease
variants
using
magnetic
resonance
imaging
(MRI)
data.
For
solving
imbalance,
first,
blur
sharpen
all
images,
finally,
pass
images
along
original
through
predefined
CNN
(Convolutional
Neural
Network)
was
trained
mnist
weight
extracting
features,
then
features
an
extra-tree
classifier
feature
reduction,
finally
input
reduced
customised
model.
This
work
used
different
pre-trained
models
our
DNN
(Deep
compared
those
cutting-edge
chosen
base
The
results
state
proposed
model,
which
ResNet
dropout
concept,
got
highest
values
training
accuracy
(98.20)
validation
(92.61).
also
addresses
problem
overfitting.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Jan. 4, 2025
In
this
study,
we
explore
an
enhancement
to
the
U-Net
architecture
by
integrating
SK-ResNeXt
as
encoder
for
Land
Cover
Classification
(LCC)
tasks
using
Multispectral
Imaging
(MSI).
introduces
cardinality
and
adaptive
kernel
sizes,
allowing
better
capture
multi-scale
features
adjust
more
effectively
variations
in
spatial
resolution,
thereby
enhancing
model's
ability
segment
complex
land
cover
types.
We
evaluate
approach
Five-Billion-Pixels
dataset,
composed
of
150
large-scale
RGB-NIR
images
over
5
billion
labeled
pixels
across
24
categories.
The
achieves
notable
improvements
baseline
U-Net,
with
gains
5.312%
Overall
Accuracy
(OA)
8.906%
mean
Intersection
Union
(mIoU)
when
RGB
configuration.
With
RG-NIR
configuration,
these
increase
6.928%
OA
6.938%
mIoU,
while
configuration
yields
5.854%
7.794%
mIoU.
Furthermore,
not
only
outperforms
other
well-established
models
such
DeepLabV3,
DeepLabV3+,
Ma-Net,
SegFormer,
PSPNet,
particularly
but
also
surpasses
recent
state-of-the-art
methods.
Visual
tests
confirmed
superiority,
showing
that
studied
certain
classes,
lakes,
rivers,
industrial
areas,
residential
vegetation,
where
architectures
struggled
achieve
accurate
segmentation.
These
results
demonstrate
potential
capability
explored
handle
MSI
enhance
LCC
results.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: Jan. 28, 2025
In
the
field
of
medical
imaging,
particularly
MRI-based
brain
tumor
classification,
we
propose
an
advanced
convolutional
neural
network
(CNN)
leveraging
DenseNet-121
architecture,
enhanced
with
dilated
layers
and
Squeeze-and-Excitation
(SE)
networks'
attention
mechanisms.
This
novel
approach
aims
to
improve
upon
state-of-the-art
methods
identification.
Our
model,
trained
evaluated
on
a
comprehensive
Kaggle
dataset,
demonstrated
superior
performance
over
established
convolution-based
transformer-based
models:
ResNet-101,
VGG-19,
original
DenseNet-121,
MobileNet-V2,
ViT-L/16,
Swin-B
across
key
metrics:
F1-score,
accuracy,
precision,
recall.
The
results
underscore
effectiveness
our
architectural
enhancements
in
image
analysis.
Future
research
directions
include
optimizing
dilation
exploring
various
configurations.
study
highlights
significant
role
machine
learning
improving
diagnostic
accuracy
potential
applications
extending
beyond
detection
other
imaging
tasks.
Diagnostics,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12(6), P. 1482 - 1482
Published: June 16, 2022
Background:
The
previous
COVID-19
lung
diagnosis
system
lacks
both
scientific
validation
and
the
role
of
explainable
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
for
understanding
lesion
localization.
This
study
presents
a
cloud-based
AI,
“COVLIAS
2.0-cXAI”
using
four
kinds
class
activation
maps
(CAM)
models.
Methodology:
Our
cohort
consisted
~6000
CT
slices
from
two
sources
(Croatia,
80
patients
Italy,
15
control
patients).
COVLIAS
2.0-cXAI
design
three
stages:
(i)
automated
segmentation
hybrid
deep
learning
ResNet-UNet
model
by
automatic
adjustment
Hounsfield
units,
hyperparameter
optimization,
parallel
distributed
training,
(ii)
classification
DenseNet
(DN)
models
(DN-121,
DN-169,
DN-201),
(iii)
CAM
visualization
techniques:
gradient-weighted
mapping
(Grad-CAM),
Grad-CAM++,
score-weighted
(Score-CAM),
FasterScore-CAM.
was
validated
trained
senior
radiologists
its
stability
reliability.
Friedman
test
also
performed
on
scores
radiologists.
Results:
resulted
in
dice
similarity
0.96,
Jaccard
index
0.93,
correlation
coefficient
0.99,
with
figure-of-merit
95.99%,
while
classifier
accuracies
DN
nets
DN-201)
were
98%,
99%
loss
~0.003,
~0.0025,
~0.002
50
epochs,
respectively.
mean
AUC
all
0.99
(p
<
0.0001).
showed
80%
scans
alignment
(MAI)
between
heatmaps
gold
standard,
score
out
five,
establishing
clinical
settings.
Conclusions:
successfully
AI
localization
scans.
Scientific African,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20, P. e01629 - e01629
Published: March 11, 2023
Liver
disease
diagnosis
is
a
major
medical
challenge
in
developing
nations.
Every
year
around
30
billion
people
face
liver
failure
issues
resulting
their
death.
The
past
abnormality
detection
models
have
faced
less
accuracy
and
high
theory
of
constraint
metrics.
lesion
on
the
hasn't
been
identified
clearly
with
earlier
models,
so
an
advanced,
efficient,
effective
essential.
To
overcome
limitations
existing
this
approach
proposes
deep
DenseNet
convolutional
neural
network
(CNN)
based
learning
technique.
This
work
collected
Computed
Tomography
(CT)
scan
images
from
Kaggle
dataset
for
training
initial
stage.
pre-processing
has
performed
region-growing
segmentation,
through
CNN.
real-time
test
are
Government
General
Hospital
Vijayawada
(10,000
samples),
verified
proposed
CNN
to
diagnose
whether
input
lesion.
Finally,
results
obtained
derived
confusion
matrix
summarizes
performance
methodology
following
metrics
at
98.34%,
sensitivity
99.72%,
recall
97.84%,
throughput
98.43%
rate
93.41%.
comparison
reveals
that
technique
attains
more
outperforms
other
pioneer
methodologies.
Expert Systems with Applications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
245, P. 123029 - 123029
Published: Jan. 4, 2024
The
increasing
reliance
on
Computed
Tomography
Pulmonary
Angiography
(CTPA)
for
Embolism
(PE)
diagnosis
presents
challenges
and
a
pressing
need
improved
diagnostic
solutions.
primary
objective
of
this
study
is
to
leverage
deep
learning
techniques
enhance
the
Computer
Assisted
Diagnosis
(CAD)
PE.
With
aim,
we
propose
classifier-guided
detection
approach
that
effectively
leverages
classifier's
probabilistic
inference
direct
predictions,
marking
novel
contribution
in
domain
automated
PE
diagnosis.
Our
classification
system
includes
an
Attention-Guided
Convolutional
Neural
Network
(AG-CNN)
uses
local
context
by
employing
attention
mechanism.
This
emulates
human
expert's
looking
at
both
global
appearances
lesion
regions
before
making
decision.
classifier
demonstrates
robust
performance
FUMPE
dataset,
achieving
AUROC
0.927,
sensitivity
0.862,
specificity
0.879,
F1-score
0.805
with
Inception-v3
backbone
architecture.
Moreover,
AG-CNN
outperforms
baseline
DenseNet-121
model,
8.1%
gain.
While
previous
research
has
mostly
focused
finding
main
arteries,
our
use
cutting-edge
object
models
ensembling
greatly
improves
accuracy
detecting
small
embolisms
peripheral
arteries.
Finally,
proposed
further
refines
metrics,
contributing
new
state-of-the-art
community:
mAP50,
sensitivity,
0.846,
0.901,
0.779,
respectively,
outperforming
former
benchmark
significant
3.7%
improvement
mAP50.
aims
elevate
patient
care
integrating
AI
solutions
into
clinical
workflows,
highlighting
potential
human-AI
collaboration
medical
diagnostics.