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ArticleScientific reports2025

Dilated SE-DenseNet for brain tumor MRI classification.

Yuannong Mao, Jiwook Kim, Lena Podina, Mohammad Kohandel

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Yuannong MaoDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. y64mao@uwaterloo.ca.
Jiwook KimDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Lena PodinaDavid R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Mohammad KohandelDepartment of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. kohandel@uwaterloo.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the field of medical imaging, particularly MRI-based brain tumor classification, we propose an advanced convolutional neural network (CNN) leveraging the DenseNet-121 architecture, enhanced with dilated convolutional layers and Squeeze-and-Excitation (SE) networks' attention mechanisms. This novel approach aims to improve upon state-of-the-art methods of tumor identification. Our model, trained and evaluated on a comprehensive Kaggle brain tumor dataset, demonstrated superior performance over established convolution-based and transformer-based models: ResNet-101, VGG-19, original DenseNet-121, MobileNet-V2, ViT-L/16, and Swin-B across key metrics: F1-score, accuracy, precision, and recall. The results underscore the effectiveness of our architectural enhancements in medical image analysis. Future research directions include optimizing dilation layers and exploring various architectural configurations. The study highlights the significant role of machine learning in improving diagnostic accuracy in medical imaging, with potential applications extending beyond brain tumor detection to other medical imaging tasks.

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Brain NeoplasmsConvolutional Neural NetworksMagnetic Resonance ImagingAlgorithmsHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMachine LearningNeural Networks, Computer

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