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Deep learning-based multi-class classification of thyroid disorders on Tc-99m scintigraphy using modified DenseNet-201.

Hafiz Muhammad Usman Ghani, Javed Khan, Naimat Ullah Khan, Zahid Ullah Khan, Sajid Ullah Khan, Nazik Alturki, Shantanu Awasthi, Sarra Ayouni

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Hafiz Muhammad Usman GhaniDepartment of Physics, University of Science & Technology Bannu, Bannu, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5938-0923
Javed KhanDepartment of Software Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Bannu, KPK, Pakistan.
Naimat Ullah KhanMaterials Modeling and Simulation Lab, University of Science & Technology Bannu, Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Zahid Ullah KhanCollege of Information and Communication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China.
Sajid Ullah KhanDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9300-1488
Nazik AlturkiDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Shantanu AwasthiDepartment of Data Analytics, Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO, USA.
Sarra AyouniDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Objective: The thyroid gland plays a vital role in human body functions, including metabolism, and any dysfunction of the organ may exacerbate health risks. Early recovery from these conditions depends on the accurate diagnosis of accurate type of thyroid gland disorder. This study aims to develop an automated system for assisting physicians in clinical diagnosis of thyroid gland disorders. Method: The transfer learning capability of the deep neural network model DenseNet-201 was leveraged, and the model was tailored by altering its fully connected layer and the classification layer for the classification of thyroid gland conditions into seven categories, namely cold nodule, hot nodule, multi-nodular goiter, nodular goiter, thyroiditis, toxic diffuse goiter and normal. Results: The class-wise and overall performance of the method was evaluated by computing quantitative metrics like accuracy, specificity, precision, sensitivity, Conclusion: The experimental results of the proposed method were compared with contemporary methods and illustrate relatively better performance in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, precision, and

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classificationDenseNet-201diagnosisthyroid gland disordersThyroid scintigraphy

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