Modeling of Whale Optimization With Deep Learning Based Brain Disorder Detection and Classification
Modeling of Whale Optimization With Deep Learning Based Brain Disorder Detection and Classification
Abstract—Brain disorders are a significant source of Processing steps or appropriate architectural design must be
economic strain and unfathomable suffering in modern society. defined in advance [5]. Generally, a classification study using
Imaging techniques help diagnose, monitor and treat mental the ML method needs four stages: feature selection, feature
health, neurological, and developmental disorders. To aid in the extraction, feature-based classification algorithm selection,
Computer-Aided Diagnosis of brain diseases, deep learning (DL) and dimensionality reduction [6]. This process requires
was used for the analysis of neuroimages from modalities multiple optimization steps and professional knowledge that
including Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Structural might take considerable time [7]. To conquer this problem,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (SMRI), and functional MRI. In deep learning (DL), an emerging field of ML study that uses
this study, a Whale Optimization Algorithm is used with Deep
raw neuroimaging information to generate features through
Learning to analyse MRI scans for signs of neurological disease.
WOADL-BDDC may detect and label abnormalities in the brain
"on-the-fly" learning, is received significant interest in the
based on an MRI scan. It uses a two-step pre-processing Area of large-scale, higher-dimension medical imaging
procedure, first using guided filtering to get rid of background analysis. DL approaches, like convolution neural networks
noise and then using U-Net segmentation to get rid of the top of (CNN), have proved to outperform the present ML method [8,
the head. QuickNAT, along with RMSProp, is used to segment 9]. Compared with conventional ML techniques, the DL
the brain. When analysing data, WOADL-BDDC uses radionics approach automatically discovers the proper representation
to collect information from every layer. When used in a without specialized knowledge and permits the non-expert to
convolutional recurrent neural network model, the Whale utilize DL approaches efficiently. Thus, the DL method has
Optimization Algorithm may accurately categorize mental rapidly become a method of choice for medical image analysis
illness. WOADL-BDDC is put through its paces using ADNI 3D. [10].
Compared to state-of-the-art classification results from Vgg16,
Graph CNN, Modified ResNet18, Non-linear SVM, ResNet50- This study progresses a Whale Optimization Algorithm
SVM, ResNet50-RF, the suggested technique achieved the with Deep Learning based Brain Disorder Detection and
greatest accuracy. It was demonstrated that the suggested model Classification (WOADL-BDDC) on MRI images. The
is superior to other models for classification from MRI images. WOADL-BDDC technique initially performs pre-processing
In simulations, the proposed approach is shown to be effective in in 2 stages: guided filtering (GF) based noise elimination and
optimizing hyperparameters with an accuracy of 94.38 % on TR U-Net segmentation-based skull stripping. Besides, the
set and 94.87% on TS set, Precision of 96.43% on TR set and QuickNAT with RMSProp optimizer is applied to segment the
97.62% on TS set, and an F1-Score of 89.35 % and 92.10% on brain parts. For feature extraction, the WOADL-BDDC
TR and TS set, respectively. technique performs a radionics approach that separates
features of all aspects. Finally, the WOA with convolutional
Keywords—Brain disorder detection; magnetic resonance recurrent neural network (CRNN) model is applied to classify
imaging; deep learning; convolutional recurrent neural network; brain disorders. The experimental evaluation of the WOADL-
whale optimization algorithm BDDC technique is tested on the ADNI 3D dataset.
I. INTRODUCTION The wide range in tumour size, shape, and location poses a
The brain is the management center of the central nervous significant problem for diagnosing brain tumours. The
system and is liable for implementing activities all over the scientific community can benefit from this review since it
human body [1, 2]. As in other medical sectors, there exist provides a thorough literature on brain tumour detection using
Innovative neuroimaging technologies comprising positron magnetic resonance imaging. The healthcare sector is unlike
emission tomography (PET), and MRI was introduced and any other. Regardless of financial constraints, this is a top
utilized for identifying Alzheimer's Disease (AD) based priority area that attracts customers expecting only the best
molecular and structural biomarkers [3,17]. Rapid progression service. Given deep learning's track record of success in the
in neuroimaging techniques makes them challenging to real world, it should be no surprise that this promising
incorporate largescale, higher-dimension multimodal technique is already playing a crucial role in medical imaging,
neuroimaging datasets [4]. Thus, computer-aided machine yielding promising results with high accuracy. The brain is the
learning (ML) algorithms for integrative analysis have gained master organ, regulating the functions of every other body
considerable interest. To apply this ML approach,Pre- component.
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Due to the intricacy of size and position variations, Brain tumours are notoriously difficult to diagnose
automated brain tumour recognition in MRI is challenging. because of the wide range of tumour sizes, forms, and shapes
The pictures produced from MRI scans of the brain are that must be considered during the process [25]. Surgical,
processed using proposed statistical, morphological, and radiological, and chemotherapeutic options are all on the table
thresholding methods to detect tumours.Based on our findings, when a brain tumour diagnosis has been made, and prognoses
we can confidently state that conventional algorithms perform can be formulated based on the tumor's nature and location
admirably for both the number of initial clusters and the [26]. Therefore, early diagnosis and identification of brain
locations of their centers. Pixel classification becomes difficult tumours aid in treatment planning and patient monitoring. It's
if these groups shift depending on the parameters you use to a vital factor in better treatment and increased survival rates.
construct them. As it is, the cluster centroid value is chosen at To learn more about tumours, many medical imaging and
random in the most common fuzzy cluster mean procedure. diagnostic methods are performed. It is possible to distinguish
Because of this, it will take longer to get the intended result. between usually and abnormally expanding brain cells with
Radiologists have to spend a lot of time manually segmenting the aid of imaging techniques like magnetic resonance
and evaluating MRI brain pictures. The segmentation is imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT)[27].
performed using machine learning approaches that are less Computed Tomography (CT) scans are utilized for diagnosis
accurate and have a slower calculation speed. Tumor through X-ray and computer to produce pictures of the
categorization and identification using neural network patient's brain in axial slices [28].
methods have been attempted extensively but with mixed
results. Detection accuracy relies on the segmentation and According to the systematic literature evaluation, there is
detection algorithms employed. Thus far, current systems need space for improvement in brain tumour detection. Because
to provide better picture quality and precision. brain tumours can be any size or shape, current segmentation
methods need further work before they can be used for
A convolutional recurrent neural network (CRNN) will be tumours. The importance of enhancement and segmentation in
employed to categorize the tumors in the picture. Increased tumour identification stems from their role in addressing the
precision and decreased repetition are the only two benefits of shortcomings of current approaches.
this method.
The significance of medical data offered along with
II. LITERATURE REVIEW imaging data can be emphasized by incorporating clinical
features, including texture-related features, for generating
The authors [11] modeled a deep ensemble learning hybrid feature vectors. Though several computer-aided
structure to harness DL techniques to tap the 'wisdom of diagnosis models are existed in the literature to perform the
experts' and compile multisource data. At the voting layer, two brain tumor classification processes, it is required to improve
sparse AEs were instructed for feature learning to minimize the classifier results. Due to the repeated extension of the
the correlation of features and expand the base classifier model, the number of parameters of DL models also rises
eventually. At the stacking layer, a non-linear feature- rapidly, which leads to model overfitting. So, the WOA
weighted technique related to a DBN was devised to rank the algorithm is used to select CRNN parameters. Personalized
base classifiers, which disrupt the conditional independence. image collection based on estimates has been proven to be
In [12], the authors intend to formulate an innovative DL capable of seeing channels during a CT examination, thanks to
technique for detecting or productively predicting AD. The the ongoing development of AI. Significant learning, in
authors devised densely connected CNNs with a connection- particular, has demonstrated encouraging outcomes in
wise attention system for learning the multilevel attributes of automated planning. It's so good at processing visual
brain MRI for AD categorization. The authors employed the information that we can now employ neural connections to
densely associated NN for deriving multiscale features in pre- construct meaningful images rather than merely sort them. In
processing images. A connection-wise attention system has particular, CRNN Association is well suited for evaluating
been implemented for integrating associations among images from channels like CT and X-ray. CRNNs are mainly
attributes from distinct layers. In [13], the authors employ a designed to handle photographs better and finish picture
DL-related Granger causality estimation of brain connectivity groups. In this way, CRNNs can approach radiologists'
structure. It uses the robustness of LSTM in changing time accuracy when recognizing crucial elements in CT channels or
series processing. The authors employ MRI to examine the other signature images.
cerebral cortex property and exploit rs-fMRI to analyze the
function network's graph metric. In [14], the authors establish III. THE PROPOSED WOADL-BDDC MODEL
that it is settled well with the multi-task learning method. In
[15] devised a DL technique for every level of feature In this study, we have established a new WOADL-BDDC
extracting process and fuzzy hyper-plane related least square technique for recognizing brain disorders on MRI images. The
twin SVM (FLS-TWSVM) for classifying the derived features WOADL-BDDC approach encompasses GF-based noise
for initial analysis of AD through removing sagittal plane removal, U-Net-based skull stripping, QuickNAT with
slices from 3-D MRI imageries. In [16], an Alzheimer's RMSProp-based brain segmentation, radionics feature
classification and detection method was provided. The BoVW extraction, CRNN classification, and WOA hyperparameter
method was employed to enhance the efficacy of texture- tuning. Fig. 1 represents the block diagram of the WOADL-
related features, like the histogram of gradient, GLCM, and BDDC system.
scale-invariant feature transform, LBP.
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A. Image Pre-Processing
A GF is an edge-preserving smoothing light filter. It
applies edge-preserving smoothing on the image, utilizing the
content of the secondary image, named a guidance image, to
impact the filtering. The guidance image could be a
completely different image or different versions of an image.
The bilateral filter might filter out texture or noise when
maintaining sharp edges. A Gaussian operator can compute
the convolution operator, and a proposal of Gaussian
smoothening can be made by convolution. The Gaussian
operator can be defined using the following equations:
( )
( ) (1)
√
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: The first two stacked convolution layer uses 32 Whereas represents the best position of the attained
filters with the stride of (1,1) and receptive field of (3,5). solution, characterizes the count of iterations, and the
Then, -pooling with the stride of (4,3) decreases the size constant variables and are characterized by:
of feature maps.
: The subsequent two convolution layers use 64 (6)
filters with a stride of (1,1) and a receptive field of (3,1) and (7)
are utilized for learning local patterns alongside the frequency
dimension. It can be -pooling with the stride of (4,1). Now, denotes an arbitrary vector amongst [0, 1], and
variable is an arbitrary vector utilized for controlling the
: The succeeding pairs of convolution layer applied convergence procedure. It can be linearly decreased from two
128 filters with a stride of (1,1) and receptive field of (1,5) and to zero through iteration:
are utilized for learning local patterns along the time
dimension. It can subsequently be the -pooling with the (8)
stride of (1,3).
In Eq. (5), indicates the present iteration, and shows
: The successive two convolution layer uses 256
filters with a stride of (1,1) and receptive field of (3,3) for the maximal iteration count of the vector utilized for
learning joint time–frequency features. It can subsequently be displaying the transition method amongst the exploratory and
the -pooling of (2,2) stride. exploitative actions.
: 2BiGRU layers with 256 cells were utilized for In WOA, the exploitation stage could be one of 2 models,
temporal summarization, and he activation function was used. shrinking surroundings or spiral‐shaped methods. During the
The dropout with the possibility of 0:5 is applied to every Bi- shrinking surrounding model, it is accomplished by reducing
GRU layer to prevent over-fitting. Fig. 2 illustrates the the value. The spiral path model upgrades the distance betwixt
framework of CRNN. the most efficient search agents attained up to this point ( )
and searching agents (X), then boosts a novel location for the
E. Hyperparameter Tuning searching agent based on the subsequent as:
For adjusting the hyperparameters related to the CRNN ( ) ( ) ( ) (9)
model, the WOA is utilized in this work. WOA is a
population-based heuristic approach that models the hunting The probabilities value of 0.5 is set as follows:
strategy of humpback whales [21]. They construct unique
maneuvers for paralyzing the prey by swimming nearby them ( ) ( )
( ) { (10)
in a spiral or circle-shaped path. This technique is named the ( )
bubble-net attack. The hunting behavior can be specified into
two stages. The initial stage is the exploration phase, where Whereas denotes an arbitrary probability value. The
the whales randomly seek prey. The next stage is the pseudocode of the proposed model is shown in Algorithm 1.
exploitation stage, whereby the whales implement bubble-net Algorithm 1: Overall process of WOADL-BDDC technique
hunting. The following equation is utilized for mathematically
modeling these behaviors as follows: Input: ADNI 3D Dataset
Output: Classified images
⃗ | ( ) ( )| (4) Start
( ) ( ) (5) For every image
do
Image_Pre-processing (GF_noise, U_Net skull stripping)
Segment_image()
QuickNAT mode
Hyperparameter adjustment using RMSProp Optimizer
End
Feature_extraction(radiomics)
Determine texture, shape, intensity
Classify()
Execute CRNN
Hyperparameter Tuning using WOA
Execute Exploration stage
Execute Exploitation stage
End
Fig. 2. Framework of CRNN. End
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IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Fig. 4 determines the classifier results of the WOADL-
The presented WOADL-BDDC system is simulated using BDDC system under the training (TR) set and testing (TS) set.
a Python tool. The results are examined under the ADNI 3D Fig. 4(a) represents the confusion matrix offered by the
dataset [22]. WOADL-BDDC model under the TR set. The figure
symbolized that the WOADL-BDDC model had identified 28,
51, and 5 instances under CN, MCI, and AD classes. Also,
Fig. 4(b) describes the confusion matrix offered by the
WOADL-BDDC methodology under the TS set. The figure
exemplified that the WOADL-BDDC algorithm has identified
4, 26, and 7 instances under CN, MCI, and AD classes.
Fig. 4(c) and 4(d) validate the precision-recall analysis of the
WOADL-BDDC system under training and TS sets. The
figures described that the WOADL-BDDC method had
acquired maximal precision-recall performance under all
varying classes.
Table I reports the overall brain disorder classification
outcomes of the WOADL-BDDC model. Fig. 5 represents a
brief brain disorder classifier results of the WOADL-BDDC
model under the TR set. The results indicated that the
WOADL-BDDC model had shown enhanced results under all
measures. It is noticed that the WOADL-BDDC model has
gained an accuracy of 94.38%, percent of 96.43%, sense of
85.28%, species of 95.93%, of 89.35%, and FPR of
4.07%.
Fig. 4. (a) TR set confusion matrix (b) TS set confusion matrix (c) TR set
PR-curve (d) TS set PR-curve.
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