MRI Classification of Brain Tumors Using EfficientNetB0 Feature Extraction and Machine Learning Methods
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Brain Tumor, Feature Extraction, Machine Learning, MRI ClassificationAbstract
Brain tumor classification using MRI images plays a crucial role in modern medical diagnostics, offering fast and accurate support for disease detection. This study proposes a classification approach that combines feature extraction using EfficientNet B0 with conventional machine learning algorithms. MRI brain images are preprocessed and resized to match EfficientNet B0 input dimensions. Feature vectors are extracted and subsequently processed using PCA for dimensionality reduction and SMOTE for class balancing. The resulting data are classified using various machine learning algorithms including Support Vector Machine, XGBoost, LightGBM, and others. Experimental results show that Support Vector Machine achieved the highest accuracy of 96%, followed by XGBoost and LightGBM at 94%. The combination of EfficientNet B0 feature extraction and lightweight classifiers proved to be effective, matching the performance of more complex deep learning models. This study does not focus on measuring computational cost directly, but rather demonstrates that combining EfficientNetB0 feature extraction with machine learning algorithms can achieve performance comparable to deep learning approaches. This highlights that lightweight models remain competitive in terms of accuracy without requiring highly complex architectures. Future work can explore this method on other medical imaging datasets and enhance model interpretability for clinical adoption.
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