Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

The accuracy of brain tumor detection and segmentation are greatly affected by tumors’ location, shape, and image properties. In some situations, brain tumor detection and segmentation processes are greatly complicated and far from being completely resolved. The accuracy of the segmentation process significantly influences the diagnosis process, such as abnormal tissue detection, disease classification, and assessment. However, medical images, in particular, the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), often include undesirable artefacts such as noise, density inhomogeneity, and partial volume effects. Although many segmentation methods have been proposed, the accuracy of the segmentation results can be further improved. Subsequently, this study attempts to provide very important properties about the size, initial location and shape of tumors known as Region of Interest (RoI) to kick-start the segmentation process. The MRI consists of a sequence of images (MRI slices) of a particular person and not one image. Our method chooses the best image among them based on the tumor size, initial location and shape to avoid the partial volume effects. The selected algorithms to test our method are Active Contour and Otsu Thresholding algorithms. Several experiments are conducted in this research using the BRATS standard dataset that consist of 100 samples. These experiments comprised of MRI slices of 65 patients. The proposed method is evaluated by the similarity coefficient as a standard measure using Dice, Jaccard, and BF scores. The results revealed that the Active Contour algorithm has higher segmentation accuracy when tested across the three different similarity coefficients. Moreover, the achieved results of the two algorithms verify the ability of the proposed method to choose the best RoIs of the MRI samples.

On a global scale, one of the prevalent causes of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It will cause a steady deterioration in the individual from the mild stage to the severe stage, and thus impair their capacity to finish any tasks with no aid. The diagnosis is done with the utilization of existing methods which include medical history; neuropsychological testing as well as MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), a lack of sensitivity as well as precision does affect the consistency of efficient procedures. With the deep learning network’s utilization, it is possible to create a framework for detecting specific AD characteristics from the MRI images. While automatic diagnosis is done with the application of diverse machine learning techniques, the existing ones do suffer from certain constraints with regards to accuracy. Thus, this work’s key goal is to increase the classification’s accuracy through the inclusion of a pre-processing approach prior to the deep learning model. The Alzheimer's disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) database of AD patients was used to develop a deep learning approach for AD identification. In addition, this study will present ideas for Haralick features, feature extraction from Local Binary Pattern (LBP), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), and Visual Geometry Group (VGG)-19 network techniques. The results of the experiments show that the deep learners offered are more effective than other systems already in use.