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ArticleJournal of imaging2024

Evaluating Brain Tumor Detection with Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks Across Multiple MRI Modalities.

Ioannis Stathopoulos, Luigi Serio, Efstratios Karavasilis, Maria Anthi Kouri, Georgios Velonakis, Nikolaos Kelekis, Efstathios Efstathopoulos

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Article in Journal of imaging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Ioannis Stathopoulos2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7769-7534
Luigi SerioTechnology Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9346-2663
Efstratios KaravasilisMedical Physics Laboratory, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7291-2231
Maria Anthi Kouri2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3296-3317
Georgios Velonakis2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0050-284X
Nikolaos Kelekis2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Efstathios Efstathopoulos2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2747-3353

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors represent a significant public health concern due to their high morbidity and mortality rates. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has emerged as a critical non-invasive modality for the detection, diagnosis, and management of brain tumors, offering high-resolution visualization of anatomical structures. Recent advancements in deep learning, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), have shown potential in augmenting MRI-based diagnostic accuracy for brain tumor detection. In this study, we evaluate the diagnostic performance of six fundamental MRI sequences in detecting tumor-involved brain slices using four distinct CNN architectures enhanced with transfer learning techniques. Our dataset comprises 1646 MRI slices from the examinations of 62 patients, encompassing both tumor-bearing and normal findings. With our approach, we achieved a classification accuracy of 98.6%, underscoring the high potential of CNN-based models in this context. Additionally, we assessed the performance of each MRI sequence across the different CNN models, identifying optimal combinations of MRI modalities and neural networks to meet radiologists' screening requirements effectively. This study offers critical insights into the integration of deep learning with MRI for brain tumor detection, with implications for improving diagnostic workflows in clinical settings.

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brain tumorscentral nervous system (CNS) tumorsconvolutional neural networks (CNNs)MRItransfer learning

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PMID39728193
PMCPMC11679328

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