Visual Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology: Effective Brain Tumor Detection through Optimized Convolutional Neural Networks
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Visual Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology: Effective Brain Tumor Detection through Optimized Convolutional Neural Networks

1 Department of Computer Engineering, Marwadi University, Gujarat 360001, India
2 Mardan Medical Complex, Mardan 23200, Pakistan
3 Northwest School of Medicine, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan
4 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Edison, NJ 08837, United States
* Corresponding Author: Om Prakash Suthar, [email protected]
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Abstract

Brain tumor detection (BTD) is a crucial task, as early detection can save lives. Medical professionals require visual intelligence assistance to efficiently and accurately identify brain tumors. Conventional methods often result in misrecognition, highlighting a critical research gap. To address this, a novel BTD system is proposed to predict the presence of a tumor in a given MRI image. The system leverages a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture, combined with a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) for feature extraction and understanding complex pixel patterns. An extensive ablation study was conducted to empirically analyze and identify the optimal model for the task. The findings demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms existing approaches. Notably, the model with two convolutional layers achieved an accuracy of 86.17%, while a single-layer model attained an impressive accuracy of 99.6%.

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Visual Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology: Effective Brain Tumor Detection through Optimized Convolutional Neural Networks

Keywords

deep learning convolutional neural network brain tumor classification multilayer perceptron detection system AI

Data Availability Statement

Data will be made available on request.

Funding

This work was supported without any funding.

Conflicts of Interest

Chirag Agarwal is affiliated with the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Edison, NJ 08837, United States. The authors declare that this affiliation had no influence on the study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or the decision to publish, and that no other competing interests exist.

Ethical Approval and Consent to Participate

Not applicable.

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Suthar, O. P., Zinzuvadia, Y., Ullah, W., Khan, H., & Agarwal, C. (2025). Visual Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology: Effective Brain Tumor Detection through Optimized Convolutional Neural Networks. ICCK Transactions on Sensing, Communication, and Control, 2(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.62762/TSCC.2024.964451
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  author = {Om Prakash Suthar and Yash Zinzuvadia and Waqas Ullah and Haseeb Khan and Chirag Agarwal},
  title = {Visual Intelligence in Neuro-Oncology: Effective Brain Tumor Detection through Optimized Convolutional Neural Networks},
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  abstract = {Brain tumor detection (BTD) is a crucial task, as early detection can save lives. Medical professionals require visual intelligence assistance to efficiently and accurately identify brain tumors. Conventional methods often result in misrecognition, highlighting a critical research gap. To address this, a novel BTD system is proposed to predict the presence of a tumor in a given MRI image. The system leverages a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture, combined with a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) for feature extraction and understanding complex pixel patterns. An extensive ablation study was conducted to empirically analyze and identify the optimal model for the task. The findings demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms existing approaches. Notably, the model with two convolutional layers achieved an accuracy of 86.17\%, while a single-layer model attained an impressive accuracy of 99.6\%.},
  keywords = {deep learning, convolutional neural network, brain tumor classification, multilayer perceptron, detection system, AI},
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