Muhammad Arfan Jaffar

Dr. Muhammad Arfan Jaffar

Department of Computer Science, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 June 2022 in Sensors
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INIftikhar Naseer
Iftikhar Naseer
SASheeraz Akram
Sheeraz Akram
TMtehreem masood
tehreem masood
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
MKMuhammad Adnan Khan
Muhammad Adnan Khan
Amir MosaviAmir Mosavi
Amir Mosavi
The convolutional neural network (CNN) has become a powerful tool in machine learning (ML) that is used to solve complex problems such as image recognition, natural language processing, and video analysis. Notably, the idea of exploring convolutional neural network architecture has gained substantial attention as well as popularity. This study focuses on the intrinsic various CNN architectures: LeNet, AlexNet, VGG16, ResNet-50, and Inception-V1, which have been scrutinized and compared with each other for the detection of lung cancer using publicly available LUNA16 datasets. Furthermore, multiple performance optimizers: root mean square propagation (RMSProp), adaptive moment estimation (Adam), and stochastic gradient descent (SGD), were applied for this comparative study. The performances of the three CNN architectures were measured for accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, positive predictive value, false omission rate, negative predictive value, and F1 score. The experimental results showed that the CNN AlexNet architecture with the SGD optimizer achieved the highest validation accuracy for CT lung cancer with an accuracy of 97.42%, misclassification rate of 2.58%, 97.58% sensitivity, 97.25% specificity, 97.58% positive predictive value, 97.25% negative predictive value, false omission rate of 2.75%, and F1 score of 97.58%. AlexNet with the SGD optimizer was the best and outperformed compared to the other state-of-the-art CNN architectures.

30 April 2023 in Applied Sciences
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H M ShahzadH M Shahzad
H M Shahzad
SBSohail Masood Bhatti
Sohail Masood Bhatti
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
SASheeraz Akram
Sheeraz Akram
MAMousa Alhajlah
Mousa Alhajlah
AMAwais Mahmood
Awais Mahmood
In computer vision, the convolutional neural network (CNN) is a very popular model used for emotion recognition. It has been successfully applied to detect various objects in digital images with remarkable accuracy. In this paper, we extracted learned features from a pre-trained CNN and evaluated different machine learning (ML) algorithms to perform classification. Our research looks at the impact of replacing the standard SoftMax classifier with other ML algorithms by applying them to the FC6, FC7, and FC8 layers of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNNs). Experiments were conducted on two well-known CNN architectures, AlexNet and VGG-16, using a dataset of masked facial expressions (MLF-W-FER dataset). The results of our experiments demonstrate that Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Ensemble classifiers outperform the SoftMax classifier on both AlexNet and VGG-16 architectures. These algorithms were able to achieve improved accuracy of between 7% and 9% on each layer, suggesting that replacing the classifier in each layer of a DCNN with SVM or ensemble classifiers can be an efficient method for enhancing image classification performance. Overall, our research demonstrates the potential for combining the strengths of CNNs and other machine learning (ML) algorithms to achieve better results in emotion recognition tasks. By extracting learned features from pre-trained CNNs and applying a variety of classifiers, we provide a framework for investigating alternative methods to improve the accuracy of image classification.

16 August 2024 in Information
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AIAmna Iqbal
Amna Iqbal
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
Rashid JahangirRashid Jahangir
Rashid Jahangir
Brain tumour disease develops due to abnormal cell proliferation. The early identification of brain tumours is vital for their effective treatment. Most currently available examination methods are laborious, require extensive manual instructions, and produce subpar findings. The EfficientNet-B0 architecture was used to diagnose brain tumours using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The fine-tuned EffeceintNet B0 model was proposed for the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) environment. The fine-tuned EfficientNet-B0 architecture was employed to classify four different stages of brain tumours from the MRI images. The fine-tuned model showed 99% accuracy in the detection of four different classes of brain tumour detection (glioma, no tumour, meningioma, and pituitary). The proposed model performed very well in the detection of the pituitary class with a precision of 0.95, recall of 0.98, and F1 score of 0.96. The proposed model also performed very well in the detection of the no-tumour class with values of 0.99, 0.90, and 0.94 for precision, recall, and the F1 score, respectively. The precision, recall, and F1 scores for Glioma and Meningioma classes were also high. The proposed solution has several implications for enhancing clinical investigations of brain tumours.

27 August 2025 in Discover Oncology
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MRMehwish Rasheed
Mehwish Rasheed
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
AAArslan Akram
Arslan Akram
JRJaved Rashid
Javed Rashid
TATagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali
Tagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali
NSNadeem Sarwar
Nadeem Sarwar
Brain tumors have a big effect on a person’s health by letting abnormal cells grow unchecked in the brain. This means that early and correct diagnosis is very important for effective treatment. Many of the current diagnostic methods are time-consuming, rely primarily on hand interpretation, and frequently yield unsatisfactory results. This work finds brain tumors in MRI data using DenseNet121 architecture with transfer learning. Model training made use of the Kaggle dataset. By preprocessing the stage, resizing the MRI pictures to minimize noise would help the model perform better. From one MRI scan, the proposed approach divides brain tissues into four groups: benign tumors, gliomas, meningiomas, and pituitary gland malignancies. The designed DenseNet121 architecture precisely classifies brain cancers. We assessed the models’ performance in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. The suggested approach proved successful in the multi-class categorization of brain tumors since it attained an average accuracy improvement of 96.90%. Unlike previous diagnostic techniques, such as eye inspection and other machine learning models, the proposed DenseNet121-based approach is more accurate, takes less time to analyze, and requires less human input. Although the automated method ensures consistent and predictable results, human error sometimes causes more unpredictability in conventional methods. Based on MRI-based detection and transfer learning, this paper proposes an automated method for the classification of brain cancers. The method improves the precision and speed of brain tumor diagnosis, which benefits both MRI-based classification research and clinical use. The development of deep-learning models may even further improve tumor identification and prognosis prediction.

27 February 2025 in Diagnostics
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ARAdnan Rafiq
Adnan Rafiq
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
GLGhazanfar Latif
Ghazanfar Latif
SBSohail Masood Bhatti
Sohail Masood Bhatti
Sherif E. AbdelhamidSherif E. Abdelhamid
Sherif E. Abdelhamid
Background/Objectives: Breast cancer is among the most frequently diagnosed cancers and leading cause of mortality worldwide. The accurate classification of breast cancer from the histology photographs is very important for the diagnosis and effective treatment planning. Methods: In this article, we propose a DenseNet121-based deep learning model for breast cancer detection and multi-class classification. The experiments were performed using whole-slide histopathology images collected from the BreakHis dataset. Results: The proposed method attained state-of-the-art performance with a 98.50% accuracy and an AUC of 0.98 for the binary classification. In multi-class classification, it obtained competitive results with 92.50% accuracy and an AUC of 0.94. Conclusions: The proposed model outperforms state-of-the-art methods in distinguishing between benign and malignant tumors as well as in classifying specific malignancy subtypes. This study highlights the potential of deep learning in breast cancer diagnosis and establishes the foundation for developing advanced diagnostic tools.

17 April 2023 in Diagnostics
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MRMehwish Rasheed
Mehwish Rasheed
MIM.Waseem Iqbal
M.Waseem Iqbal
Muhammad Arfan JaffarMuhammad Arfan Jaffar
Muhammad Arfan Jaffar
MAMuhammad Usman Ashraf
Muhammad Usman Ashraf
KAKhalid Almarhabi
Khalid Almarhabi
ABAdel Bahaddad
Adel Bahaddad
The human brain, primarily composed of white blood cells, is centered on the neurological system. Incorrectly positioned cells in the immune system, blood vessels, endocrine, glial, axon, and other cancer-causing tissues, can assemble to create a brain tumor. It is currently impossible to find cancer physically and make a diagnosis. The tumor can be found and recognized using the MRI-programmed division method. It takes a powerful segmentation technique to produce accurate output. This study examines a brain MRI scan and uses a technique to obtain a more precise image of the tumor-affected area. The critical aspects of the proposed method are the utilization of noisy MRI brain images, anisotropic noise removal filtering, segmentation with an SVM classifier, and isolation of the adjacent region from the normal morphological processes. Accurate brain MRI imaging is the primary goal of this strategy. The divided section of the cancer is placed on the actual image of a particular culture, but that is by no means the last step. The tumor is located by categorizing the pixel brightness in the filtered image. According to test findings, the SVM could partition data with 98% accuracy.