It has been noted that disease detection approaches based on deep learning are becoming increasingly important in artificial intelligence-based research in the field of agriculture. Studies conducted in this area are not at the level that is desirable due to the diversity of plant species and the regional characteristics of many of these species. Although numerous researchers have studied diseases on plant leaves, it is undeniable that timely diagnosis of diseases on olive leaves remains a difficult task. It is estimated that people have been cultivating olive trees for 6000years, making it one of the most useful and profitable fruit trees in history. Symptoms that appear on infected leaves can vary from one plant to another or even between individual leaves on the same plant. Because olive groves are susceptible to a variety of pathogens, including bacterial blight, olive knot, Aculus olearius, and olive peacock spot, it has been difficult to develop an effective olive disease detection algorithm. For this reason, we developed a unique deep ensemble learning strategy that combines the convolutional neural network model with vision transformer model. The goal of this method is to detect and classify diseases that can affect olive leaves. In addition, binary and multiclassification systems based on deep convolutional models were used to categorize olive leaf disease. The results are encouraging and show how effectively CNN and vision transformer models can be used together. Our model outperformed the other models with an accuracy of about 96 for multiclass classification and 97 for binary classification, as shown by the experimental results reported in this study.
21 March 2022 in Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Computer science plays an important role in modern dynamic health systems. Given the collaborative nature of the diagnostic process, computer technology provides important services to healthcare professionals and organizations, as well as to patients and their families, researchers, and decision-makers. Thus, any innovations that improve the diagnostic process while maintaining quality and safety are crucial to the development of the healthcare field. Many diseases can be tentatively diagnosed during their initial stages. In this study, all developed techniques were applied to tuberculosis (TB). Thus, we propose an optimized machine learning-based model that extracts optimal texture features from TB-related images and selects the hyper-parameters of the classifiers. Increasing the accuracy rate and minimizing the number of characteristics extracted are our goals. In other words, this is a multitask optimization issue. A genetic algorithm (GA) is used to choose the best features, which are then fed into a support vector machine (SVM) classifier. Using the ImageCLEF 2020 data set, we conducted experiments using the proposed approach and achieved significantly higher accuracy and better outcomes in comparison with the state-of-the-art works. The obtained experimental results highlight the efficiency of modified SVM classifier compared with other standard ones.
14 March 2022 in Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Though many researchers have studied plant leaf disease, the timely diagnosis of diseases in olive leaves still presents an indisputable challenge. Infected leaves may display different symptoms from one plant to another, or even within the same plant. For this reason, many researchers studied the effects of those diseases on, at most, two plants. Since olive crops are affected by many pathogens, including bacteria welt, olive knot, Aculus olearius, and olive peacock spot, the development of an efficient algorithm to detect the diseases was challenging because the diseases could be defined in many different ways. For this purpose, we introduce an optimal deep learning model for diagnosing olive leaf diseases. This approach is based on an adaptive genetic algorithm for selecting optimal parameters in deep learning model to provide rapid diagnosis. To evaluate our approach, we applied it in three famous deep learning models. For the comparative evaluation, we also tested other well-known machine learning methods. The experimental results presented in this paper show that our model outperformed the other algorithms, achieving an accuracy of approximately 96% for multiclass classification and 98% for binary classification.
The democratization of access to internet and social media has given an opportunity for every individual to openly express his or her ideas and feelings. Unfortunately, this has also created room for extremist, racist, misogynist, and offensive opinions expressed either as articles, posts, or comments. While controlling offensive speech in English-, Spanish-, and French- speaking social media communities and websites has reached a mature level, it is much less the case for their counterparts in Arabic-speaking countries. This paper presents a transfer learning solution to detect hateful and offensive speech on Arabic websites and social media platforms. This paper will compare the performance of different BERT-based models trained to classify comments as either abusive or neutral. The training dataset contains comments in standard Arabic as well as four dialects. We will also use their English translations for comparative purposes. The models were evaluated based on five metrics: Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, and Confusion Matrix.
Dynamic modern healthcare systems rely heavily on the contributions of computer scientists. The diagnosis process is a team effort involving many people: patients, their families, healthcare providers, researchers, and policymakers. Computer technology plays a crucial role in supporting this effort by providing a number of essential services to all of these groups. In the early stages of many diseases, a diagnosis can be made automatically using a computer-aided system, with some degree of certainty. This paper presents a hybrid optimal deep learning-based model for tuberculosis disease recognition using MRI images. Several deep learning models are combined to extract the most relevant features from MRI images. In particular, we establish a combination between vision transformer (ViTs) and Efficient-Net models in order to maximize classification accuracy. We conducted experiments to investigate the accuracy of the proposed model using the Shenzhen and Montgomery data set, and found that it yielded substantially more accurate and better results than the state of-the-art works.
Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder that significantly affects middle-aged and elderly adults, leading to cognitive deterioration and hindering daily activities. Notwithstanding progress, conventional diagnostic techniques continue to be susceptible to inaccuracies and inefficiencies. Timely and precise diagnosis is essential for early intervention. Methods: We present an enhanced hybrid deep learning framework that amalgamates the EfficientNetV2B3 with Inception-ResNetV2 models. The models were integrated using an adaptive weight selection process informed by the Cuckoo Search optimization algorithm. The procedure commences with the pre-processing of neuroimaging data to guarantee quality and uniformity. Features are subsequently retrieved from the neuroimaging data by utilizing the EfficientNetV2B3 and Inception-ResNetV2 models. The Cuckoo Search algorithm allocates weights to various models dynamically, contingent upon their efficacy in particular diagnostic tasks. The framework achieves balanced usage of the distinct characteristics of both models through the iterative optimization of the weight configuration. This method improves classification accuracy, especially for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease. A thorough assessment was conducted on extensive neuroimaging datasets to verify the framework’s efficacy. Results: The framework attained a Scott’s Pi agreement score of 0.9907, indicating exceptional diagnostic accuracy and dependability, especially in identifying the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The results show its superiority over current state-of-the-art techniques.Conclusions: The results indicate the substantial potential of the proposed framework as a reliable and scalable instrument for the identification of Alzheimer’s disease. This method effectively mitigates the shortcomings of conventional diagnostic techniques and current deep learning algorithms by utilizing the complementing capabilities of EfficientNetV2B3 and Inception-ResNetV2 by using an optimized weight selection mechanism. The adaptive characteristics of the Cuckoo Search optimization facilitate its application across many diagnostic circumstances, hence extending its utility to a wider array of neuroimaging datasets. The capacity to accurately identify early-stage Alzheimer’s disease is essential for facilitating prompt therapies, which are crucial for decelerating disease development and enhancing patient outcomes.