Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs

The early detection of oral cancer is pivotal for improving patient survival rates. However, the high cost of manual initial screenings poses a challenge, especially in resource-limited settings. Deep learning offers an enticing solution by enabling automated and cost-effective screening. This study...

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Main Authors: Mahmoud Badawy, Hossam Magdy Balaha, Ahmed S. Maklad, Abdulqader M. Almars, Mostafa A. Elhosseini
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/8/6/499
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author Mahmoud Badawy
Hossam Magdy Balaha
Ahmed S. Maklad
Abdulqader M. Almars
Mostafa A. Elhosseini
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description The early detection of oral cancer is pivotal for improving patient survival rates. However, the high cost of manual initial screenings poses a challenge, especially in resource-limited settings. Deep learning offers an enticing solution by enabling automated and cost-effective screening. This study introduces a groundbreaking empirical framework designed to revolutionize the accurate and automatic classification of oral cancer using microscopic histopathology slide images. This innovative system capitalizes on the power of convolutional neural networks (CNNs), strengthened by the synergy of transfer learning (TL), and further fine-tuned using the novel Aquila Optimizer (AO) and Gorilla Troops Optimizer (GTO), two cutting-edge metaheuristic optimization algorithms. This integration is a novel approach, addressing bias and unpredictability issues commonly encountered in the preprocessing and optimization phases. In the experiments, the capabilities of well-established pre-trained TL models, including VGG19, VGG16, MobileNet, MobileNetV3Small, MobileNetV2, MobileNetV3Large, NASNetMobile, and DenseNet201, all initialized with ’ImageNet’ weights, were harnessed. The experimental dataset consisted of the Histopathologic Oral Cancer Detection dataset, which includes a ’normal’ class with 2494 images and an ’OSCC’ (oral squamous cell carcinoma) class with 2698 images. The results reveal a remarkable performance distinction between the AO and GTO, with the AO consistently outperforming the GTO across all models except for the Xception model. The DenseNet201 model stands out as the most accurate, achieving an astounding average accuracy rate of 99.25% with the AO and 97.27% with the GTO. This innovative framework signifies a significant leap forward in automating oral cancer detection, showcasing the tremendous potential of applying optimized deep learning models in the realm of healthcare diagnostics. The integration of the AO and GTO in our CNN-based system not only pushes the boundaries of classification accuracy but also underscores the transformative impact of metaheuristic optimization techniques in the field of medical image analysis.
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spelling doaj.art-778e276b5f0d4c9880c06ed0f793e9002023-11-19T15:48:59ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732023-10-018649910.3390/biomimetics8060499Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNsMahmoud Badawy0Hossam Magdy Balaha1Ahmed S. Maklad2Abdulqader M. Almars3Mostafa A. Elhosseini4Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Applied College, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 41461, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computers and Control Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, EgyptCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu 46421, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu 46421, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Yanbu 46421, Saudi ArabiaThe early detection of oral cancer is pivotal for improving patient survival rates. However, the high cost of manual initial screenings poses a challenge, especially in resource-limited settings. Deep learning offers an enticing solution by enabling automated and cost-effective screening. This study introduces a groundbreaking empirical framework designed to revolutionize the accurate and automatic classification of oral cancer using microscopic histopathology slide images. This innovative system capitalizes on the power of convolutional neural networks (CNNs), strengthened by the synergy of transfer learning (TL), and further fine-tuned using the novel Aquila Optimizer (AO) and Gorilla Troops Optimizer (GTO), two cutting-edge metaheuristic optimization algorithms. This integration is a novel approach, addressing bias and unpredictability issues commonly encountered in the preprocessing and optimization phases. In the experiments, the capabilities of well-established pre-trained TL models, including VGG19, VGG16, MobileNet, MobileNetV3Small, MobileNetV2, MobileNetV3Large, NASNetMobile, and DenseNet201, all initialized with ’ImageNet’ weights, were harnessed. The experimental dataset consisted of the Histopathologic Oral Cancer Detection dataset, which includes a ’normal’ class with 2494 images and an ’OSCC’ (oral squamous cell carcinoma) class with 2698 images. The results reveal a remarkable performance distinction between the AO and GTO, with the AO consistently outperforming the GTO across all models except for the Xception model. The DenseNet201 model stands out as the most accurate, achieving an astounding average accuracy rate of 99.25% with the AO and 97.27% with the GTO. This innovative framework signifies a significant leap forward in automating oral cancer detection, showcasing the tremendous potential of applying optimized deep learning models in the realm of healthcare diagnostics. The integration of the AO and GTO in our CNN-based system not only pushes the boundaries of classification accuracy but also underscores the transformative impact of metaheuristic optimization techniques in the field of medical image analysis.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/8/6/499classificationconvolutional neural network (CNN)deep learning (DL)Gorilla Troops Optimizer (GTO)
spellingShingle Mahmoud Badawy
Hossam Magdy Balaha
Ahmed S. Maklad
Abdulqader M. Almars
Mostafa A. Elhosseini
Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
Biomimetics
classification
convolutional neural network (CNN)
deep learning (DL)
Gorilla Troops Optimizer (GTO)
title Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
title_full Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
title_fullStr Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
title_full_unstemmed Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
title_short Revolutionizing Oral Cancer Detection: An Approach Using Aquila and Gorilla Algorithms Optimized Transfer Learning-Based CNNs
title_sort revolutionizing oral cancer detection an approach using aquila and gorilla algorithms optimized transfer learning based cnns
topic classification
convolutional neural network (CNN)
deep learning (DL)
Gorilla Troops Optimizer (GTO)
url https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/8/6/499
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