Brain tumor segmentation in medical imaging is a critical task for diagnosis and treatment while preserving patient data privacy and security. Traditional centralized approaches often encounter obstacles in data sharing due to privacy regulations and security concerns, hindering the development of advanced AI-based medical imaging applications. To overcome these challenges, this study proposes the utilization of federated learning. The proposed framework enables collaborative learning by training the segmentation model on distributed data from multiple medical institutions without sharing raw data. Leveraging the U-Net-based model architecture, renowned for its exceptional performance in semantic segmentation tasks, this study emphasizes the scalability of the proposed approach for large-scale deployment in medical imaging applications. The experimental results showcase the remarkable effectiveness of federated learning, significantly improving specificity to 0.96 and the dice coefficient to 0.89 with the increase in clients from 50 to 100. Furthermore, the proposed approach outperforms existing convolutional neural network (CNN)- and recurrent neural network (RNN)-based methods, achieving higher accuracy, enhanced performance, and increased efficiency. The findings of this research contribute to advancing the field of medical image segmentation while upholding data privacy and security.

Brain tumor segmentation from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans is critical for the diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of therapeutic outcomes. Thus, this research introduces a novel hybrid approach that combines handcrafted features with convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to enhance the performance of brain tumor segmentation. In this study, handcrafted features were extracted from MRI scans that included intensity-based, texture-based, and shape-based features. In parallel, a unique CNN architecture was developed and trained to detect the features from the data automatically. The proposed hybrid method was combined with the handcrafted features and the features identified by CNN in different pathways to a new CNN. In this study, the Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS) challenge dataset was used to measure the performance using a variety of assessment measures, for instance, segmentation accuracy, dice score, sensitivity, and specificity. The achieved results showed that our proposed approach outperformed the traditional handcrafted feature-based and individual CNN-based methods used for brain tumor segmentation. In addition, the incorporation of handcrafted features enhanced the performance of CNN, yielding a more robust and generalizable solution. This research has significant potential for real-world clinical applications where precise and efficient brain tumor segmentation is essential. Future research directions include investigating alternative feature fusion techniques and incorporating additional imaging modalities to further improve the proposed method’s performance.

Brain cancer is a bad disease and affects millions of people in worldwide. Approximately 70% of patients diagnosed with this disease do not survive. The Machine learning is a promising and recent development in this area. However, very limited research is performed in this direction. Therefore, in this research, we propose an evolutionary lightweight model aimed at detecting brain cancer and classification, starting from the analysis of magnetic resonance images. The proposed model named lightweight ensemble combines (weighted average and lightweight combines multiple XGBoost decision trees) is the modified version of the recent Multimodal Lightweight XGBoost. Herein, we provide prediction explain ability by considering the preprocessing of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data and the feature extraction (Intensity, texture, and shape). The process in the evolutionary model involves a various step - first, prepare the data, extract important features, and finally, merge together using a special kind of classification called ensemble classification. We evaluate our proposed model using BraTS 2020 dataset. The dataset consists of 285 MRI scans of patients diagnosed with gliomas. The simulation results showed that our proposed model achieved 93.0% accuracy, 0.94 precision, 0.93 recall, 0.94 F1 score, and an area under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC-ROC) value of 0.984. The efficient results demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed model for brain tumor grading and classification using four grades. The efficient results show the potential of our proposed approach as a valuable tool for early diagnosis and effective treatment planning of brain tumors. Finally, the proposed model holds promise for aiding in early cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Software reliability growth models (SRGMs) are widely used for predicting the reliability of software systems during testing and debugging. Selecting the most appropriate SRGM solutions is a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem that is very difficult when criteria are imprecise or ambiguous. The paper introduces a novel approach to SRGM selection which relies on q-rung orthopair fuzzy sets (q-ROFS) and the compromise ranking method of VIKOR. New q-rung orthopair fuzzy (q ROF) entropy and divergence measures are proposed for criteria weights assignment and to select superior SRGMs. The VIKOR method is then applied on the q-ROF decision matrix to identify the optimal compromise SRGM solution. This approach provides a systematic framework for handling subjective criteria and modeling uncertainty during SRGM selection. The proposed MCDM methodology is illustrated on the example of a case study involving four common SRGMs evaluated on the four different criteria. Results are demonstrated to be in line with the latest q-rung measures which provide more accurate results than the previous intuitionistic fuzzy methods. The q-ROF VIKOR approach provides the software teams with a more robust information base for the reliability growth decision-making process. At the end of this manuscript, we do the comparison of the proposed theory with certain prevailing concepts to reveal the dominance and supremacy of this work. Whereas yet there are some expected limitations of the proposed work for instance it can’t be helpful in the generalized structures of q-ROFS.

Video forgery detection is a critical aspect of digital forensics, addressing the challenges posed by the manipulation of video content. This paper presents a novel approach for video forgery detection using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN). Leveraging the power of deep learning, our method aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of object-based forgery detection in advanced video sequences. In the proposed approach, we build upon the foundation of an existing method, which utilizes Convolutional Neural Networks, and introduce innovative modifications to the DCNN architecture. These modifications include data preprocessing, network architecture, and training strategies that enhance the model’s ability to detect tampered objects in video frames. We conduct experiments on the SYSU-OBJFORG dataset, the largest object-based forged video dataset to date, with advanced video encoding standards. Our DCNN-based approach is compared with the existing method, demonstrating superior performance. The results show increased accuracy and robustness in detecting object-based video forgery. This paper not only contributes to the field of video forgery detection but also underscores the potential of deep learning, particularly DCNN, in addressing the evolving challenges of digital video manipulation. The findings open avenues for future research in the localization of forged regions and the application of DCNN in lower bitrate or lower resolution video sequences.