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ArticleMicroscopy research and technique2025

Machine Learning Based Multi-Class Classification and Grading of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Optical Microscopy.

Sindhoora Kaniyala Melanthota, Spandana K U, Raghavendra U, Sharada Rai, Rakshatha Nayak, Yuri V Kistenev, Suranjan Shil, K K Mahato, Nirmal Mazumder

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Sindhoora Kaniyala MelanthotaDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Spandana K UDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Raghavendra UDepartment of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Sharada RaiDepartment of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Rakshatha NayakDepartment of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Yuri V KistenevDepartment of General and Experimental Physics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Suranjan ShilManipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
K K MahatoDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Nirmal MazumderDepartment of Biophysics, Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

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Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, IndiaIndian Council of Medical Research, Government of India, India ITR/Ad-hoc/43/2020-21Sciences and Engineering Research board (SERB), Government of India, India ECR/2016/001944Sciences and Engineering Research board (SERB), Government of India, India MTR/2020/000058
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Abstract

Histopathological tissue grading is critical for disease diagnosis and treatment, but manual grading is labor-intensive and time-consuming, requiring expert pathologists. This study presents an efficient analysis of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) histopathological images using machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models. Five ML models-support vector machine, Naïve Bayes, decision tree, k-nearest neighbor (KNN), and neural network-were trained with 5-, 7-, and 10-fold cross-validation. Discrete wavelet transform along with gray level co-occurrence matrix and histogram features extracted 360 features per image, and Student's t-test selected 114 key features. Among ML models, KNN with sevenfold cross-validation achieved 98% accuracy. Additionally, a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained achieved 98.23% accuracy in automated classification. These results suggest that combining ML for feature analysis with interpretable DL models can lead to more accurate and efficient SCC grading, reducing reliance on manual pathology.

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Carcinoma, Squamous CellImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMachine LearningMicroscopyNeoplasm GradingBayes TheoremDeep LearningHumansNeural Networks, ComputerSupport Vector Machineconvolutional neural networkhistopathologymachine learningoptical microscopysquamous cell carcinomatissue grading

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PMID40579786
PMCPMC12521958

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