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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Classification of Atypical White Blood Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Using a Two-Stage Hybrid Model Based on Deep Convolutional Autoencoder and Deep Convolutional Neural Network.

Tusneem A Elhassan, Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim, Mohd Hashim Siti Zaiton, Tan Tian Swee, Taqwa Ahmed Alhaj, Abdulalem Ali, Mahmoud Aljurf

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tusneem A ElhassanSchool of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Mohd Shafry Mohd RahimSchool of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Mohd Hashim Siti ZaitonSchool of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Tan Tian SweeBioinspired Device and Tissue Engineering Research Group, School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81300, Johor, Malaysia.
Taqwa Ahmed AlhajSchool of Computing, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
Abdulalem AliFaculty of Information Technology, City University, Petaling Jaya 46100, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-5542-5952
Mahmoud AljurfKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia.
University of Technology Malaysia · MYKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SACity University College of Science and Technology · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to numerous medical discoveries. The field of computer vision (CV) for medical diagnosis has received particular attention. Using images of peripheral blood (PB) smears, CV has been utilized in hematology to detect acute leukemia (AL). Significant research has been undertaken in the area of AL diagnosis automation in order to deliver an accurate diagnosis. This study addresses the morphological classification of atypical white blood cells (WBCs), including immature WBCs and atypical lymphocytes, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), as observed in peripheral blood (PB) smear images. The purpose of this work is to build a classification model for atypical AML WBCs based on their distinctive features. Using a hybrid model based on geometric transformation (GT) and a deep convolutional autoencoder (DCAE), this work provides a novel technique in the field of AI for resolving the issue of imbalanced distribution of WBCs in blood samples, nicknamed the "GT-DCAE WBC augmentation model". In addition, to extract context-free atypical WBC features, this study develops a stable learning paradigm by incorporating WBC segmentation into deep learning. In order to classify atypical WBCs into eight distinct subgroups, a hybrid multiclassification model termed the "two-stage DCAE-CNN atypical WBC classification model" (DCAE-CNN) was developed. The model achieved an average accuracy of 97%, a sensitivity of 97%, and a precision of 98%. Overall and by class, the model's discriminating abilities were exceptional, with an AUC of 99.7% and a class-wise range of 80% to 100%.

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acute myeloid leukemiaatypical white blood cellsaugmentationautoencoderCNN

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PMID36673006
PMCPMC9858290
OpenAlexW4313509986

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