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Collagen, a key structural component of the extracellular matrix, undergoes significant remodeling during carcinogenesis. However, the important role of collagen levels in breast cancer diagnostics still lacks effective in vivo detection…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-14 Jiayan Li , Lu Bai , Yingna Chen , Junmei Cao , Jingtao Zhu , Wanxiang Zhi , Qian Cheng

Screening mammograms is the gold standard for detecting breast cancer early. While a good amount of work has been performed on mammography image classification, especially with deep neural networks, there has not been much exploration into…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Anika Tabassum , Naimul Khan

Interpretability has become incredibly important as machine learning is increasingly used to inform consequential decisions. We propose to construct global explanations of complex, blackbox models in the form of a decision tree…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Osbert Bastani , Carolyn Kim , Hamsa Bastani

Deep neural networks have demonstrated promising performance on image recognition tasks. However, they may heavily rely on confounding factors, using irrelevant artifacts or bias within the dataset as the cue to improve performance. When a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Siyuan Yan , Zhen Yu , Xuelin Zhang , Dwarikanath Mahapatra , Shekhar S. Chandra , Monika Janda , Peter Soyer , Zongyuan Ge

Skin cancer is a serious worldwide health issue, precise and early detection is essential for better patient outcomes and effective treatment. In this research, we use modern deep learning methods and explainable artificial intelligence…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-19 Faysal Mahmud , Md. Mahin Mahfiz , Md. Zobayer Ibna Kabir , Yusha Abdullah

In this paper, we propose a Computer Assisted Diagnosis (CAD) system based on a deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model, to build an end-to-end learning process that classifies breast mass lesions. We investigate the impact that has…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Hiba Chougrad , Hamid Zouaki , Omar Alheyane

Background: Neoplasms are a major cause of mortality globally, where early diagnosis is essential for improving outcomes. Current diagnostic methods are often invasive, expensive, and inaccessible in resource-limited settings. This study…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-21 Juan Miguel Lopez Alcaraz , Wilhelm Haverkamp , Nils Strodthoff

Standard classification methods based on handcrafted morphological and texture features have achieved good performance in breast mass differentiation in ultrasound (US). In comparison to deep neural networks, commonly perceived as…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-04 Michal Byra , Piotr Karwat , Ivan Ryzhankow , Piotr Komorowski , Ziemowit Klimonda , Lukasz Fura , Anna Pawlowska , Norbert Zolek , Jerzy Litniewski

Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in rigorous algorithms for the inference of cancer progression from genomic data. The motivations are manifold: (i) growing NGS and single cell data from cancer patients, (ii) need for novel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-02-25 Daniele Ramazzotti

Cancer remains one of the most challenging diseases to treat in the medical field. Machine learning has enabled in-depth analysis of rich multi-omics profiles and medical imaging for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Despite these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Lingchao Mao , Hairong Wang , Leland S. Hu , Nhan L Tran , Peter D Canoll , Kristin R Swanson , Jing Li

This paper explores the problem of breast tissue classification of microscopy images. Based on the predominant cancer type the goal is to classify images into four categories of normal, benign, in situ carcinoma, and invasive carcinoma.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-06-29 Kamyar Nazeri , Azad Aminpour , Mehran Ebrahimi

Cancer is a fatal disease caused by a combination of genetic diseases and a variety of biochemical abnormalities. Lung and colon cancer have emerged as two of the leading causes of death and disability in humans. The histopathological…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-06 Md. Alamin Talukder , Md. Manowarul Islam , Md Ashraf Uddin , Arnisha Akhter , Khondokar Fida Hasan , Mohammad Ali Moni

We present a deep convolutional neural network for breast cancer screening exam classification, trained and evaluated on over 200,000 exams (over 1,000,000 images). Our network achieves an AUC of 0.895 in predicting whether there is a…

Recent brain tumor classification methods often report high accuracy but rely on deep, over-parameterized architectures with limited interpretability, making it difficult to determine whether predictions are driven by tumor-relevant…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Rajan Das Gupta , Md Imrul Hasan Showmick , Lei Wei , Mushfiqur Rahman Abir , Shanjida Akter , Md. Yeasin Rahat , Md. Jakir Hossen

Invasive ductal carcinoma is a prevalent, potentially deadly disease associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Its malignancy is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women. The mammogram is an extremely useful…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Rushabh Patel

Breast cancer is one of the most serious types of cancer that can occur in women. The automatic diagnosis of breast cancer by analyzing histological images (HIs) is important for patients and their prognosis. The classification of HIs…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Hayder A. Khikani , Naira Elazab , Ahmed Elgarayhi , Mohammed Elmogy , Mohammed Sallah

The application of deep learning in medical imaging has significantly advanced diagnostic capabilities, enhancing both accuracy and efficiency. Despite these benefits, the lack of transparency in these AI models, often termed "black boxes,"…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Eleonora Beatrice Rossi , Eleonora Lopez , Danilo Comminiello

Deep learning models have achieved high performance in medical applications, however, their adoption in clinical practice is hindered due to their black-box nature. Self-explainable models, like prototype-based models, can be especially…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Shreyasi Pathak , Jörg Schlötterer , Jeroen Veltman , Jeroen Geerdink , Maurice van Keulen , Christin Seifert

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the world. At the same time, it is also the fourth most deadly cancer. Early detection of cancer exists as a guide for the treatment of gastric cancer. Nowadays, computer technology has…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-26 Weiming Hu , Haoyuan Chen , Wanli Liu , Xiaoyan Li , Hongzan Sun , Xinyu Huang , Marcin Grzegorzek , Chen Li

This study explores the integration of multiple Explainable AI (XAI) techniques to enhance the interpretability of deep learning models for brain tumour detection. A custom Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) was developed and trained on the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Patrick McGonagle , William Farrelly , Kevin Curran