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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

A scalable and reliable deep learning framework for enhanced brain tumor detection and diagnosis using AI-based medical imaging.

Sultan Ahmad, Stephen Neal Joshua Eali, Thirupathi Rao Nakka, Naceur Chihaoui, Tahani Alsubait, Humaira Khanam

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Sultan Ahmad *Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
Stephen Neal Joshua Eali *Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Thirupathi Rao Nakka *Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vignan's Institute of Information Technology (A), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Naceur Chihaoui *Physics Department, Preparatory Year Deanship, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Tahani Alsubait *Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, College of Computing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Humaira Khanam *Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.

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Background: The proposed Architecture will provide the processing and analysis essential to accurate and reliable detection of brain tumors from MRI, for timely diagnosis and evidence-based decisions. Medical imaging now routinely enters clinical assessment; the thrust is shifting toward attaining high performance within open and governed systems to enable deployment in real-world healthcare applications. Methods: This paper proposes a two-stage deep learning framework: first, DeepLabV3 for segmentation to demarcate candidate tumor regions, and then CNN to classify whether a tumor exists. The different components employ pre-trained models through transfer learning and fine-tuning. The DeepLabV3 and CNN architectures are used, together with metric computation modules. This approach will be tested on BraTS MRI data. For efficient model training, optimizers such as SGD, RMSprop, and Adam can be employed. Results: The classification performance could be achieved with a high value of 99.31% using an ADAM optimizer in the proposed architecture. Besides, both the precision and recall are very high, indicating good generalization and stable performance. Moreover, segmenting before classification provides more reliable detection compared to using a single-stage model. Discussion: These results indicate that feature learning guided by segmentation enhances tumor detection with a binary classifier, while remaining interpretable and robust. This makes the framework much more transparent and easy to audit, suitable for use in cloud-enabled, secure, and IoT-enabled clinical environments. Originality: It therefore proposes a two-layer deep learning architecture that effectively incorporates precise tumor localization into explicit binary tumor detection. Beyond this, the work focuses on practical clinical applicability, robust data governance, and deployment-ready systems rather than diagnosing subtypes of tumors.

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BraTS-2015classificationCNNcomputer aided diagnosisDeepLabV3deep learninginception net V3medical imaging

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