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ArticleBMC medical imaging2025

StrokeNeXt: an automated stroke classification model using computed tomography and magnetic resonance images.

Evren Ekingen, Ferhat Yildirim, Ozgur Bayar, Erhan Akbal, Ilknur Sercek, Abdul Hafeez-Baig, Sengul Dogan, Turker Tuncer

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Evren EkingenDepartment of Emergency, Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ferhat YildirimDepartment of Radiology, Finike City Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
Ozgur BayarDepartment of Emergency, Ankara Provincial Health Directorate, Mamak State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Erhan AkbalDepartment of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey. erhanakbal@firat.edu.tr.
Ilknur SercekDepartment of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
Abdul Hafeez-BaigSchool of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Queensland, Australia.
Sengul DoganDepartment of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.
Turker TuncerDepartment of Digital Forensics Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveStroke ranks among the leading causes of disability and death worldwide. Timely detection can reduce its impact. Machine learning delivers powerful tools for image‑based diagnosis. This study introduces StrokeNeXt, a lightweight convolutional neural network (CNN) for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) scans, and couples it with deep feature engineering (DFE) to improve accuracy and facilitate clinical deployment. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe assembled a multimodal dataset of CT and MR images, each labeled as stroke or control. StrokeNeXt employs a ConvNeXt‑inspired block and a squeeze‑and‑excitation (SE) unit across four stages: stem, StrokeNeXt block, downsampling, and output. In the DFE pipeline, StrokeNeXt extracts features from fixed‑size patches, iterative neighborhood component analysis (INCA) selects the top features, and a t algorithm-based k-nearest neighbors (tkNN) classifier has been utilized for classification.

resultsStrokeNeXt achieved 93.67% test accuracy on the assembled dataset. Integrating DFE raised accuracy to 97.06%. This combined approach outperformed StrokeNeXt alone and reduced classification time.

conclusionStrokeNeXt paired with DFE offers an effective solution for stroke detection on CT and MR images. Its high accuracy and fewer learnable parameters make it lightweight and it is suitable for integration into clinical workflows. This research lays a foundation for real‑time decision support in emergency and radiology settings.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeural Networks, ComputerStrokeTomography, X-Ray ComputedAlgorithmsHumansMachine LearningDeep feature engineeringPatch-based feature extractionStroke detection

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PMID40474125
PMCPMC12142900

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