Classification of intracranial hemorrhage CT images based on texture analysis using ensemble-based machine learning algorithms: A comparative study

•The CT intracranial images are classified using texture analysis.•Ensemble-based machine learning methods are used to classify CT images.•Ensemble-based machine learning methods are compared.•A comparative study is conducted to classify CT intracranial images. Blood vessels in the brain tissue can leak or burst, causing an intracranial hemorrhage, a potentially fatal disorder. One of the critical steps in brain stroke imaging is the categorization of intracranial hemorrhages. This article aims to perform texture-based intracranial hemorrhage computed tomography image classification with ensemble and machine learning classifiers using local binary pattern, local ternary pattern, and Weber local descriptor approach. The most common texture feature extraction method is a local binary pattern; however, other methods such as local ternary pattern, Weber local descriptor, and local binary pattern are also utilized for texture feature extraction. For all the extracted texture codes, histograms are applied, and finally, single feature vector texture codes by performing the concatenation of the bin. The efficacy of feature descriptors for classifying images into abnormal and normal classes was assessed using ten distinct classifiers. The result shows that Weber's local descriptor shows promising results in texture code classification for ensemble-based classification. For all texture-based methods, classification accuracy was better than standard machine learning. According to the findings of the experiment, the Random Forest classifier outperformed all other classifiers in terms of classification accuracy (86.55%), recall (86.31%), precision (87.23%), sensitivity (86.31%), specificity (86.81%), and F1-score (86.77%) for the Weber local descriptor.