Building a DenseNet-Based Neural Network with Transformer and MBConv Blocks for Penile Cancer Classification

Histopathological analysis is an essential exam for detecting various types of cancer. The process is traditionally time-consuming and laborious. Taking advantage of deep learning models, assisting the pathologist in the diagnosis process is possible. In this work, a study was carried out based on t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied sciences 2024-11, Vol.14 (22), p.10536
Hauptverfasser: Lauande, Marcos Gabriel Mendes, Braz Junior, Geraldo, de Almeida, João Dallyson Sousa, Silva, Aristófanes Corrêa, Gil da Costa, Rui Miguel, Teles, Amanda Mara, da Silva, Leandro Lima, Brito, Haissa Oliveira, Vidal, Flávia Castello Branco, do Vale, João Guilherme Araújo, Rodrigues Junior, José Ribamar Durand, Cunha, António
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Zusammenfassung:Histopathological analysis is an essential exam for detecting various types of cancer. The process is traditionally time-consuming and laborious. Taking advantage of deep learning models, assisting the pathologist in the diagnosis process is possible. In this work, a study was carried out based on the DenseNet neural network. It consisted of changing its architecture through combinations of Transformer and MBConv blocks to investigate its impact on classifying histopathological images of penile cancer. Due to the limited number of samples in this dataset, pre-training is performed on another larger lung and colon cancer histopathological image dataset. Various combinations of these architectural components were systematically evaluated to compare their performance. The results indicate significant improvements in feature representation, demonstrating the effectiveness of these combined elements resulting in an F1-Score of up to 95.78%. Its diagnostic performance confirms the importance of deep learning techniques in men’s health.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app142210536