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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Advanced Deep Learning and Machine Learning Techniques for MRI Brain Tumor Analysis: A Review.

Rim Missaoui, Wided Hechkel, Wajdi Saadaoui, Abdelhamid Helali, Marco Leo

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Multi-class brain tumor MRI segmentation and classification using deep learning and machine learning approaches.Cancer imaging : the official publication of the International Cancer Imaging Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rim MissaouiLaboratory of Micro-Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (LMON), University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia.
Wided HechkelLaboratory of Micro-Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (LMON), University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-1299-1804
Wajdi SaadaouiLRMAN Laboratory, Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Kasserine (ISSAT), Kasserine 1200, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0001-8977-9652
Abdelhamid HelaliLaboratory of Micro-Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (LMON), University of Monastir, Avenue of the Environment, Monastir 5019, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0002-1623-6830
Marco LeoInstitute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems, National Research Council of Italy, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5636-6130

Funding

Italian Ministery of University and Research Future Artificial Intelligence Research-FAIR CUP B53C220036 30006 grant number PE0000013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A brain tumor is the result of abnormal growth of cells in the central nervous system (CNS), widely considered as a complex and diverse clinical entity that is difficult to diagnose and cure. In this study, we focus on current advances in medical imaging, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and how machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms might be combined with clinical assessments to improve brain tumor diagnosis. Due to its superior contrast resolution and safety compared to other imaging methods, MRI is highlighted as the preferred imaging modality for brain tumors. The challenges related to brain tumor analysis in different processes including detection, segmentation, classification, and survival prediction are addressed along with how ML/DL approaches significantly improve these steps. We systematically analyzed 107 studies (2018-2024) employing ML, DL, and hybrid models across publicly available datasets such as BraTS, TCIA, and Figshare. In the light of recent developments in brain tumor analysis, many algorithms have been proposed to accurately obtain ontological characteristics of tumors, enhancing diagnostic precision and personalized therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsDeep LearningMachine LearningMagnetic Resonance ImagingAlgorithmsBrainHumansbrain tumorsdeep learning (DL)machine learning (ML)magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Identifiers

PMID40363185
PMCPMC12074157

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