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The detection of a brain tumor and its classification from modern imaging modalities is a primary concern, but a time-consuming and tedious work was performed by radiologists or clinical supervisors. The accuracy of detection and classification of tumor stages performed by radiologists is depended on their experience only, so the computer-aided technology is very important to aid with the diagnosis accuracy. In this study, to improve the performance of tumor detection, we investigated comparative approach of different segmentation techniques and selected the best one by comparing their segmentation score. Further, to improve the classification accuracy, the genetic algorithm is employed for the automatic classification of tumor stage. The decision of classification stage is supported by extracting relevant features and area calculation. The experimental results of proposed technique are evaluated and validated for performance and quality analysis on magnetic resonance brain images, based on segmentation score, accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and dice similarity index coefficient. The experimental results achieved 92.03% accuracy, 91.42% specificity, 92.36% sensitivity, and an average segmentation score between 0.82 and 0.93 demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed technique for identifying normal and abnormal tissues from brain MR images. The experimental results also obtained an average of 93.79% dice similarity index coefficient, which indicates better overlap between the automated extracted tumor regions with manually extracted tumor region by radiologists.
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The authors would like to thank Dr. G. Dhondse, Sai Clinic, Balaji Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, and the Government Hospital of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, for providing the necessary guidance and help in the analysis of the algorithm. This project is sponsored and funded by Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology Raipur (Department of Science & Technology, Government of Chhattisgarh), Ref. No/1928/CCOST/2015.
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Bahadure, N.B., Ray, A.K. & Thethi, H.P. Comparative Approach of MRI-Based Brain Tumor Segmentation and Classification Using Genetic Algorithm. J Digit Imaging 31, 477–489 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-018-0050-6
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