Detecting Brain Tumors through Multimodal Neural Networks
This work addresses the challenge of timely and cost-effective brain tumor diagnosis for medical applications, but it appears incremental as it aligns with similar existing works.
This research tackled the problem of detecting brain tumors from MRI scans by developing a multimodal neural network model, achieving an accuracy of around 98%.
Tumors can manifest in various forms and in different areas of the human body. Brain tumors are specifically hard to diagnose and treat because of the complexity of the organ in which they develop. Detecting them in time can lower the chances of death and facilitate the therapy process for patients. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more specifically, deep learning, has the potential to significantly reduce costs in terms of time and resources for the discovery and identification of tumors from images obtained through imaging techniques. This research work aims to assess the performance of a multimodal model for the classification of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans processed as grayscale images. The results are promising, and in line with similar works, as the model reaches an accuracy of around 98\%. We also highlight the need for explainability and transparency to ensure human control and safety.