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Cutting-Edge Machine Learning and AI Innovations in Medical Imaging Diagnosis

Submission Deadline: 01 June 2025 (closed) View: 2023 Submit to Journal

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Dr. Ahmed Shaffie

Email: ashaffie@lsua.edu

Affiliation: Mathematics and Computer Science Department, Louisiana State University of Alexandria, Louisiana, 71302, United States

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Research Interests: Medical Imaging, Non-invasive Computer-assisted Diagnosis Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Pattern Recognition.

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Summary

Medical imaging plays a crucial role in diagnosing and treating numerous diseases. Traditionally, this field has relied heavily on the expertise of radiologists to interpret complex images and provide accurate diagnoses. However, in recent years, there has been a significant shift towards incorporating machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into medical imaging. These advancements have the potential to automate and refine image analysis, reducing the burden on radiologists and improving overall diagnostic accuracy. The integration of ML and AI has led to significant advancements in the field, enhancing diagnostic precision and patient outcomes. This special issue aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current advancements and technologies in this area, highlighting the latest innovations that enable earlier, more accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment plans. By addressing the growing need for efficient diagnostic tools in healthcare, this issue seeks to showcase the transformative impact of ML and AI on medical imaging, offering valuable insights for researchers, clinicians, and healthcare professionals.


The Special Issue topics include, but are not limited to the following:

· Developing AI-powered computer-aided diagnosis systems

· Machine learning approaches for analyzing medical images

· AI-based ECG analysis for computer-aided diagnosis

· Deep learning for instance and semantic segmentation in medical images

· Classification techniques for medical imaging diagnosis

· Deep learning for feature extraction and image analysis in medical imaging

· Handcrafted features extraction methods for medical imaging

· Combining deep learning and handcrafted features for enhanced medical imaging analysis

· Semi-supervised and transfer learning for medical imaging

· Multimodal medical image fusion using deep learning techniques


Keywords

Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD), Medical Imaging Analysis, Segmentation, Diagnosis, Deep Learning, Imaging Modalities

Published Papers


  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Automated Gleason Grading of Prostate Cancer from Low-Resolution Histopathology Images Using an Ensemble Network of CNN and Transformer Models

    Md Shakhawat Hossain, Md Sahilur Rahman, Munim Ahmed, Anowar Hussen, Zahid Ullah, Mona Jamjoom
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 3193-3215, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065230
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Cutting-Edge Machine Learning and AI Innovations in Medical Imaging Diagnosis)
    Abstract One in every eight men in the US is diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most common cancer in men. Gleason grading is one of the most essential diagnostic and prognostic factors for planning the treatment of prostate cancer patients. Traditionally, urological pathologists perform the grading by scoring the morphological pattern, known as the Gleason pattern, in histopathology images. However, this manual grading is highly subjective, suffers intra- and inter-pathologist variability and lacks reproducibility. An automated grading system could be more efficient, with no subjectivity and higher accuracy and reproducibility. Automated methods presented previously… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    E-GlauNet: A CNN-Based Ensemble Deep Learning Model for Glaucoma Detection and Staging Using Retinal Fundus Images

    Maheen Anwar, Saima Farhan, Yasin Ul Haq, Waqar Azeem, Muhammad Ilyas, Razvan Cristian Voicu, Muhammad Hassan Tanveer
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.84, No.2, pp. 3477-3502, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.065141
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Cutting-Edge Machine Learning and AI Innovations in Medical Imaging Diagnosis)
    Abstract Glaucoma, a chronic eye disease affecting millions worldwide, poses a substantial threat to eyesight and can result in permanent vision loss if left untreated. Manual identification of glaucoma is a complicated and time-consuming practice requiring specialized expertise and results may be subjective. To address these challenges, this research proposes a computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) approach using Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for binary and multiclass classification of glaucoma stages. An ensemble fusion mechanism that combines the outputs of three pre-trained convolutional neural network (ConvNet) models–ResNet-50, VGG-16, and InceptionV3 is utilized in this paper. This fusion technique enhances… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Dynamic Spatial Focus in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnosis via Multiple CNN Architectures and Dynamic GradNet

    Jasem Almotiri
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.83, No.2, pp. 2109-2142, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.062923
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Cutting-Edge Machine Learning and AI Innovations in Medical Imaging Diagnosis)
    Abstract The evolving field of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) diagnosis has greatly benefited from deep learning models for analyzing brain magnetic resonance (MR) images. This study introduces Dynamic GradNet, a novel deep learning model designed to increase diagnostic accuracy and interpretability for multiclass AD classification. Initially, four state-of-the-art convolutional neural network (CNN) architectures, the self-regulated network (RegNet), residual network (ResNet), densely connected convolutional network (DenseNet), and efficient network (EfficientNet), were comprehensively compared via a unified preprocessing pipeline to ensure a fair evaluation. Among these models, EfficientNet consistently demonstrated superior performance in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, and… More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    A Transformer Based on Feedback Attention Mechanism for Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease Using Echocardiographic Images

    Chunlai Du, Xin Gu, Yanhui Guo, Siqi Guo, Ziwei Pang, Yi Du, Guoqing Du
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.83, No.2, pp. 3435-3450, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.060212
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Cutting-Edge Machine Learning and AI Innovations in Medical Imaging Diagnosis)
    Abstract Coronary artery disease is a highly lethal cardiovascular condition, making early diagnosis crucial for patients. Echocardiograph is employed to identify coronary heart disease (CHD). However, due to issues such as fuzzy object boundaries, complex tissue structures, and motion artifacts in ultrasound images, it is challenging to detect CHD accurately. This paper proposes an improved Transformer model based on the Feedback Self-Attention Mechanism (FSAM) for classification of ultrasound images. The model enhances attention weights, making it easier to capture complex features. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves high levels of accuracy, recall, precision, F1 More >

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