Deep Convolutional Neural Network Based Analysis of Liver Tissues Using Computed Tomography Images

Electroencephalogram-based machine learning models to predict neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest: A systematic review

Machine learning model is capable of achieving an incredible great accuracy by training a large amount of data with many dimensions of features in it. To accomplish such a goal, we are currently in desperate need of powerful computers with CPUs (Computation Processing Unit) and GPUs (Graphic Processing Unit) that are competent of the workload of the training process of those machine learning models. Due to the problem that there are multiple disparate computationally intensive tasks that are lengthy period of time during training phase of machine learning, devices like smartphone and personal computer cannot achieve great efficiency during the training phase of machine learning. Instead of enhancing computational performance of devices and improve the machine learning algorithm, another more feasible way to bypass such problem is to apply dimensionality reduction methods on raw data in hope of reducing the number of features that are passing into the machine learning model during the training phase. By doing so, we can shrink the originally large number of features to several dimensions that is accomplishable for our device to compute and meanwhile, sufficient enough to have a model with acceptable accuracy trained. The purpose of this study to explore and investigate the potential benefits and disadvantages of dimensionality reduction on multiple distinct machine learning algorithm by comparing the performances of each machine learning algorithms when passing the features of raw datasets in and when passing the dataset with the features that survived after dimensionality reduction. The performance will be measured by completing a typical machine learning task: handwriting digit classification. Among all the dimensionalities methods that have been discovered, a traditional and conventional dimensionality reduction method, PCA (Principal Components Analysis), is selected. Such method has been proven successful and efficient in generating the set of data with lower dimension features and apply on an image classification task using several supervised machine learning methods, including KNN (k-nearest neighbors), SVM (Support vector machine) and CNN (Convolutional Neural Network).

BackgroundA proof-of-concept study assessing a novel approach to identify patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) using deep learning analysis of bilateral-site photoplethysmography (PPG) waveforms (“DL-PPG”). MethodologyDL-PPG was studied in 37 participants (with 21 having CAD). Scalogram ‘spectral’ images were derived from right and left index finger PPG measurements collected using a 3-phase protocol (baseline, unilateral arm pressure cuff occlusion, reactive hyperaemia flush). Artificial Intelligence (AI) analysis, namely deep learning, was employed for scalogram image classification using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN, “GoogLeNet”), with classification performance obtained using 10-fold stratified cross validation (CV). A conventional machine learning (ML) classifier (K-nearest neighbour, K-NN, K = 9) was also evaluated for comparison with the CNN deep learning methodology. Blood samples were also collected giving 2 biochemical biomarkers of endothelial function. Test sensitivities, specificities, accuracies, and Kappa statistics were determined. ResultsDL-PPG sensitivity was 80.9 % (95% CI, 78.6–83.0), specificity 87.7% (85.5–89.7), accuracy 83.8 % (82.2–85.3), and Kappa 0.68 (0.65–0.71). Comparative K-NN ML performance was 69.4% (95% CI, 68.7–70.1), 37.5% (36.7–38.2), 53.9% (53.3–54.4), and 0.069 (0.058–0.079), respectively. No differences between patients and controls were found for the biochemical biomarkers of endothelial function. ConclusionSubstantial overall agreement was found between DL-PPG classification and CAD angiography, with DL-PPG performance clearly better than for a conventional ML technique. Our deep learning classification approach, using only basic pre-processing of the PPG pulse waveforms before classification, could offer significant benefits for the diagnosis of CAD in a variety of clinical settings needing low-cost portable and easy-to-use diagnostics.

ObjectivesTo develop and identify machine learning (ML) models using pretreatment 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose ([18F]-FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)-based radiomic features to differentiate benign from malignant parotid gland diseases (PGDs).Materials and methodsThis retrospective study included 62 patients with 63 PGDs who underwent pretreatment [18F]-FDG-PET/computed tomography (CT). The lesions were assigned to the training (n = 44) and testing (n = 19) cohorts. In total, 49 [18F]-FDG-PET-based radiomic features were utilized to differentiate benign from malignant PGDs using five different conventional ML algorithmic models (random forest, neural network, k-nearest neighbors, logistic regression, and support vector machine) and the deep learning (DL)-based ensemble ML model. In the training cohort, each conventional ML model was constructed using the five most important features selected by the recursive feature elimination method with the tenfold cross-validation and synthetic minority oversampling technique. The DL-based ensemble ML model was constructed using the five most important features of the bagging and multilayer stacking methods. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCs) and accuracies were used to compare predictive performances.ResultsIn total, 24 benign and 39 malignant PGDs were identified. Metabolic tumor volume and four GLSZM features (GLSZM_ZSE, GLSZM_SZE, GLSZM_GLNU, and GLSZM_ZSNU) were the five most important radiomic features. All five features except GLSZM_SZE were significantly higher in malignant PGDs than in benign ones (each p < 0.05). The DL-based ensemble ML model had the best performing classifier in the training and testing cohorts (AUC = 1.000, accuracy = 1.000 vs AUC = 0.976, accuracy = 0.947).ConclusionsThe DL-based ensemble ML model using [18F]-FDG-PET-based radiomic features can be useful for differentiating benign from malignant PGDs.Second abstractThe DL-based ensemble ML model using [18F]-FDG-PET-based radiomic features can overcome the previously reported limitation of [18F]-FDG-PET/CT scan for differentiating benign from malignant PGDs. The DL-based ensemble ML approach using [18F]-FDG-PET-based radiomic features can provide useful information for managing PGD.

Lithological mapping is a critical aspect of geological mapping that can be useful in studying the mineralization potential of a region and has implications for mineral prospectivity mapping. This is a challenging task if performed manually, particularly in highly remote areas that require a large number of participants and resources. The combination of machine learning (ML) methods and remote sensing data can provide a quick, low-cost, and accurate approach for mapping lithological units. This study used deep learning via convolutional neural networks and conventional ML methods involving support vector machines and multilayer perceptron to map lithological units of a mineral-rich area in the southeast of Iran. Moreover, we used and compared the efficiency of three different types of multispectral remote-sensing data, including Landsat 8 operational land imager (OLI), advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER), and Sentinel-2. The results show that CNNs and conventional ML methods effectively use the respective remote-sensing data in generating an accurate lithological map of the study area. However, the combination of CNNs and ASTER data provides the best performance and the highest accuracy and adaptability with field observations and laboratory analysis results so that almost all the test data are predicted correctly. The framework proposed in this study can be helpful for exploration geologists to create accurate lithological maps in other regions by using various remote-sensing data at a low cost.

Sex determination of silkworm pupae is important for silkworm industry. Multivariate analysis methods have been widely applied in hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy for classification. However, these methods require essential steps containing spectra preprocessing or feature extraction, which were not easy determined. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which have been employed in image recognition, could effectively learn interpretable presentations of the sample without the need of ad-hoc preprocessing steps. The species of silkworm pupae are usually up to hundreds. Conventional classifiers based on one species of silkworm pupae could not give high performance when explored to other species that not participating in the model building, resulting in bad generalization ability. In this study, a CNN model was trained to automatically identify the sex of silkworm pupae from different years and species based on the hyperspectral spectra. The results were compared with the frequently used conventional machine classifiers including support vector machine (SVM) and K nearest neighbors (KNN). The results showed that CNN outperformed SVM and KNN in terms of accuracy when applied to the raw spectra with 98.03%. However, the performance of CNN decreased to 95.09% when combined with the preprocessed data. Then principal component analysis (PCA) was adopted to reduce data dimensionality and extract features. CNN gave higher accuracy than SVM and KNN based on PCA. The discussion section revealed that CNN had high generalization ability that could classify silkworm pupae from different species with a rather well performance. It demonstrated that HSI technology in combination with CNN was useful in determining the sex of silkworm pupae.

Computed tomography (CT) images play an important role due to effectiveness and accessibility, however, motion artifacts may obscure or simulate pathology and dramatically degrade the diagnosis accuracy. In recent years, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have achieved state-of-the-art performance in medical imaging due to the powerful learning ability with the help of the advanced hardware technology. Unfortunately, CNNs have significant overhead on memory usage and computational resources and are labeled ‘black-box’ by scholars for their complex underlying structures. To this end, an interpretable graph-based method has been proposed for motion artifacts detection from head CT images in this paper. From a topological perspective, the artifacts detection problem has been reformulated as a complex network classification problem based on the network topological characteristics of the corresponding complex networks. A motion artifacts detection method based on complex networks (MADM-CN) has been proposed. Firstly, the graph of each CT image is constructed based on the theory of complex networks. Secondly, slice-to-slice relationship has been explored by multiple graph construction. In addition, network topological characteristics are investigated locally and globally, consistent topological characteristics including average degree, average clustering coefficient have been utilized for classification. The experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed MADM-CN has achieved better performance over conventional machine learning and deep learning methods on a real CT dataset, reaching up to 98% of the accuracy and 97% of the sensitivity.

&lt;span&gt;The goal of adaptive learning systems is to help the learner achieve their goals and guide their learning. These systems make it possible to adapt the presentation of learning resources according to learners' needs, characteristics and learning styles, by offering them personalized courses. We propose an approach to an adaptive learning system that takes into account the initial learning profile based on Felder Silverman's learning style model in order to propose an initial learning path and the dynamic change of his behavior during the learning process using the Incremental Dynamic Case Based Reasoning approach to monitor and control its behavior in real time, based on the successful experiences of other learners, to personalize the learning. These learner experiences are grouped into homogeneous classes at the behavioral level, using the Fuzzy C-Means unsupervised machine learning method to facilitate the search for learners with similar behaviors using the supervised machine learning method K- Nearest Neighbors.&lt;/span&gt;

For environmental protection, urban planning, monitoring, and management of the urban ecosystem, mapping urban green spaces is a crucial undertaking. A vital source of information for United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11.7 could come from urban green space mapping. The standard method of mapping urban green spaces requires field measurements and takes a lot of time. It is also important to update urban green space maps periodically because urban green spaces can change quickly over time due to development. With the advent of high-resolution satellite sensors like Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, a large number of remote sensing images may be gathered, providing quick and precise information over urban areas. This work intends to offer a new perspective on how crowd sourced geospatial big data and remote sensing may be combined to enhance the mapping of urban green spaces, including time optimization and accurate information through machine learning and deep learning. For the revitalization of cities, this data will be valuable. Remote sensing imagery data can be classified using machine learning techniques like Support vector machines (SVM), Random forests (RF), and Naive Bayes (NB). In deep learning techniques such as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), K Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) can be used to classify remote sensing images.

Seed freezing damage is an agricultural disaster, which has a great impact on seed quality assurance. The feasibility of combining hyperspectral imaging with deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) to classify different freeze-damaged corn seeds was studied in this paper. At first, the hyperspectral images of corn seeds subjected to five different freezing temperatures at 400–1000 nm were acquired, and then the average spectra were extracted from the region of embryo hyperspectral images over the wavelength range of 450–979 nm. Next, four models (K nearest neighbors (KNN), support vector machine (SVM), extreme learning machine (ELM), and DCNN) were developed for five-category (5 frozen conditions) and four-category (“no freezing,” “slight freezing,” “moderate freezing,” and “severe freezing”) classifications, and the values of the evaluation indexes (accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and precision) were calculated for comparison. The results show that DCNN model had the most satisfactory result with accuracy rates of 100% (training set), 96.9% (validation set), and 97.5% (testing set) for five-category classification, with accuracy rates of 100% (training, validation, and testing set) for four-category classification, and DCNN model also had the best performance in the evaluation indexes. At last, the visual classification map was generated according to the results of DCNN. It shows that hyperspectral imaging and DCNN can provide a novel method to detect the freezing damage of corn seeds quickly and inexpensively.

Aims This research paper aims to check the effectiveness of a variety of machine learning models in classifying esophageal cancer through MRI scans. The current study encompasses Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), and Visual Geometry Group 16 (VGG16), among others which are elaborated in this paper. This paper aims to identify the most accurate model to facilitate increased, improved diagnostic accuracy to revolutionize early detection methods for this dreadful disease. The ultimate goal is, therefore, to improve the clinical practice performance and its results with advanced machine learning techniques in medical diagnosis. Background Esophageal cancer poses a critical problem for medical oncologists since its pathology is quite complex, and the death rate is exceptionally high. Proper early detection is essential for effective treatment and improved survival. The results are positive, but the conventional diagnostic methods are not sensitive and have low specificity. Recent progress in machine learning methods brings a new possibility to high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis. This paper explores the potentiality of different machine-learning models in classifying esophageal cancer through MRI scans to complement the constraints of the traditional diagnostics approach. Objective This study is aimed at verifying whether CNN, KNN, RNN, and VGG16, amongst other advanced machine learning models, are effective in correctly classifying esophageal cancer from MRI scans. This review aims at establishing the diagnostic accuracy of all these models, with the best among all. It plays a role in developing early detection mechanisms that increase patient outcome confidence in the clinical setting. Methods This study applies the approach of comparative analysis by using four unique machine learning models to classify esophageal cancer from MRI scans. This was made possible through the intensive training and validation of the model using a standardized set of MRI data. The model’s effectiveness was assessed using performance evaluation metrics, which included accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. Results In classifying esophageal cancers from MRI scans, the current study found VGG16 to be an adequate model, with a high accuracy of 96.66%. CNN took the second position, with an accuracy of 94.5%, showing efficient results for spatial pattern recognition. The model of KNN and RNN also showed commendable performance, with accuracies of 91.44% and 88.97%, respectively, portraying their strengths in proximity-based learning and handling sequential data. These findings underline the potential to add significant value to the processes of esophageal cancer diagnosis using machine learning models. Conclusion The study concluded that machine learning techniques, mainly VGG16 and CNN, had a high potential for escalated diagnostic precision in classifying esophageal cancer from MRI imaging. VGG16 showed great accuracy, while CNN displayed advanced spatial detection, followed by KNN and RNN. Thus, the results set new opportunities for introducing advanced computational models to the clinics, which might transform strategies for early detection to improve patient-centered outcomes in oncology.

Hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE), a life-threatening liver disease, has 5 subtypes, i.e., single-cystic, polycystic, internal capsule collapse, solid mass, and calcified subtypes. And each subtype has different treatment methods. An accurate diagnosis is the prerequisite for effective HCE treatment. However, clinicians with less diagnostic experience often make misdiagnoses of HCE and confuse its 5 subtypes in clinical practice. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) techniques can help clinicians to improve their diagnostic performance. This paper aims to propose an efficient CAD system that automatically differentiates 5 subtypes of HCE from the ultrasound images. The proposed CAD system adopts the concept of deep transfer learning and uses a pre-trained convolutional neural network (CNN) named VGG19 to extract deep CNN features from the ultrasound images. The proven classifier models, k - nearest neighbor (KNN) and support vecter machine (SVM) models, are integrated to classify the extracted deep CNN features. 3 distinct experiments with the same deep CNN features but different classifier models (softmax, KNN, SVM) are performed. The experiments followed 10 runs of the five-fold cross-validation process on a total of 1820 ultrasound images and the results were compared using Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The overall classification accuracy from low to high was 90.46 ± 1.59% for KNN classifier, 90.92 ± 2.49% for transfer learned VGG19, and 92.01 ± 1.48% for SVM, indicating SVM classifiers with deep CNN features achieved the best performance (P < 0.05). Other performance measures used in the study are specificity, sensitivity, precision, F1-score, and area under the curve (AUC). In addition, the paper addresses a practical aspect by evaluating the system with smaller training data to demonstrate the capability of the proposed classification system. The observations of the study imply that transfer learning is a useful technique when the availability of medical images is limited. The proposed classification system by using deep CNN features and SVM classifier is potentially helpful for clinicians to improve their HCE diagnostic performance in clinical practice.

The massive development of science and technology in the industrial era 4.0 includes artificial intelligence, which is purposed to produce research output in the field of geology more accurately and can be completed in a short time using large amounts of data. Machine learning is a part of artificial intelligence that can provide learning processes on computers independently without explicit programming. The process of identifying rocks through classification can be done using machine learning. The study area is in the Manjimup region, Western Australia which consists of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) deposits. This study purposed to determine the classification of rock minerals using accuracy values from the evaluation of models generated using supervised machine learning based on spectral data, namely Short-Wavelength Infrared (SWIR), and Mid or Thermal Infrared (TIR) acquired from electromagnetic spectrum measurements to identify rock mineral features. The spectral data comes from five rock drilling data in the study area. The supervised machine learning method used to determine the best accuracy consists of 5 types of methods, which are K-Nearest Neighbors (K-NN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Decision Tree (DT), Random Forest (RF), and Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP). Machine learning is completed by supervised method because the research data contains information about label data, which is the type of rock mineral so that it can produce a classification based on the level of accuracy for each type of rock mineral data. The SVM method produces the best accuracy on SWIR data with 82.5% accuracy and the MLP method produces the best accuracy on TIR data with 82% accuracy for rock mineral classification.

Considerable attention has recently been focused on classification and regression-based convolutional neural network (CNN) and long short-term memory (LSTM) due to their excellent performance in capturing complex spatial and temporal information characteristics for structural damage identification. However, few studies have considered structural damage identification as a classification and regression problem. In addition, bridges in practical engineering are vulnerable to various environmental and vehicle loading conditions. Hence, this study proposed a new two-stage CNN–LSTM configuration for bridge damage identification using vibration data considering the influence of temperatures. First, a classification-based CNN–LSTM is designed to perform multiclass damage detection tasks, and then a regression-based CNN–LSTM is developed for damage localization and severity prediction tasks. The performance of the proposed damage identification method was evaluated through a simulation dataset of a concrete highway bridge model and a field experiment dataset of Z24-bridge (Switzerland). In addition, a set of statistical evaluation metrics such as sparse categorical cross-entropy loss, accuracy, confusion matrix, mean squared loss, mean absolute error, mean absolute percentage error, and coefficient of determination were used to compare the damage identification performance of the proposed CNN–LSTM configuration with a regular CNN model and conventional machine learning (ML) algorithms. Prediction results indicate that the proposed CNN–LSTM model outperforms the regular CNN model and conventional ML algorithms for bridge damage identification.

One of the crucial sectors of Indian livelihood is agriculture. The development and stability of the country have been vastly backed by the farming sector. Thus, ultramodern inventions and technologies can support the testing of new approaches and practices in the farming sector. Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most important, useful, and current technologies. Due to its capacity to acquire dependable interpretations from images, Deep learning (DL) in particular has numerous uses. The most common DL architecture for image categorization is Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). Classifying fruits and vegetables using deep learning is the main emphasis of this work. The model is also compared to some ML classifiers like Support Vector Machine (SVM), K Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Decision Tree (DT) whereas ResNet the Pretrained Model, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) in deep literacy. It was derived that SVM and MLP both showed an accuracy of97.36 on the fruit dataset.