This research work develops new and better prognostic markers for predicting Childhood MedulloBlastoma(CMB)using a well-defined deep learning architecture.A deep learning architecture could be designed using ideas fro...This research work develops new and better prognostic markers for predicting Childhood MedulloBlastoma(CMB)using a well-defined deep learning architecture.A deep learning architecture could be designed using ideas from image processing and neural networks to predict CMB using histopathological images.First,a convolution process transforms the histopathological image into deep features that uniquely describe it using different two-dimensional filters of various sizes.A 10-layer deep learning architecture is designed to extract deep features.The introduction of pooling layers in the architecture reduces the feature dimension.The extracted and dimension-reduced deep features from the arrangement of convolution layers and pooling layers are used to classify histopathological images using a neural network classifier.The performance of the CMB classification system is evaluated using 1414(10×magnification)and 1071(100×magnification)augmented histopathological images with five classes of CMB such as desmoplastic,nodular,large cell,classic,and normal.Experimental results show that the average classification accuracy of 99.38%(10×)and 99.07%(100×)is attained by the proposed CNB classification system.展开更多
文摘This research work develops new and better prognostic markers for predicting Childhood MedulloBlastoma(CMB)using a well-defined deep learning architecture.A deep learning architecture could be designed using ideas from image processing and neural networks to predict CMB using histopathological images.First,a convolution process transforms the histopathological image into deep features that uniquely describe it using different two-dimensional filters of various sizes.A 10-layer deep learning architecture is designed to extract deep features.The introduction of pooling layers in the architecture reduces the feature dimension.The extracted and dimension-reduced deep features from the arrangement of convolution layers and pooling layers are used to classify histopathological images using a neural network classifier.The performance of the CMB classification system is evaluated using 1414(10×magnification)and 1071(100×magnification)augmented histopathological images with five classes of CMB such as desmoplastic,nodular,large cell,classic,and normal.Experimental results show that the average classification accuracy of 99.38%(10×)and 99.07%(100×)is attained by the proposed CNB classification system.