Multi-task model for classification and segmentation of brain tumors

Authors

  • Guilherme Müller Ferreira UFCSPA
  • Viviane Rodrigues Botelho UFCSPA
  • Áttila Leães Rodrigues UFRGS
  • Carla Diniz Lopes Becker UFCSPA
  • Thatiane Alves Pianoschi Alva UFCSPA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59681/2175-4411.v16.iEspecial.2024.1296

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence, Supervised Machine Learning, Brain Neoplasms, Deep Learning

Abstract

Objective: To validate whether a multi-task model (MTL) for brain tumor classification and segmentation outperforms a single-task (ST) approach. Method: The model architecture consists of an encoder, branching into a fully connected (classification) and a decoder (segmentation). For the ST, only the classification branch was considered. Both were trained using the 5-fold cross-validation approach with the SARTAJ and Figshare datasets. Results: The MTL achieved an accuracy of 95.99% ± 0.70% compared to 95.87% ± 1.01% for the ST. Conclusion: Both models presented similar performances, however the MTL revealed some advantages, such as greater stability of metrics, resulting from the lower standard deviation in all metrics. Compared to the literature, the MTL achieved an accuracy only 3% below the best model analyzed and also had a significantly lower number of parameters, up to 187 times fewer.

Author Biographies

Guilherme Müller Ferreira, UFCSPA

Master’s Student, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre – UFCSPA,Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

Viviane Rodrigues Botelho, UFCSPA

Ph.D., Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre – UFCSPA, DECESA, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

Áttila Leães Rodrigues, UFRGS

P.h.D., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, DEMIN, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

Carla Diniz Lopes Becker, UFCSPA

Ph.D., Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre – UFCSPA, DECESA, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil

Thatiane Alves Pianoschi Alva, UFCSPA

Ph.D., Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre – UFCSPA, DECESA, Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.

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Published

2024-11-19

How to Cite

Ferreira, G. M., Botelho, V. R., Rodrigues, Áttila L., Becker, C. D. L., & Alva, T. A. P. (2024). Multi-task model for classification and segmentation of brain tumors. Journal of Health Informatics, 16(Especial). https://doi.org/10.59681/2175-4411.v16.iEspecial.2024.1296

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