Blood Cell Revolution: Unveiling 11 Distinct Types with ‘Naturalize’ Augmentation
dc.contributor.author | Abou Ali, Mohamad | |
dc.contributor.author | Dornaika, Fadi | |
dc.contributor.author | Arganda Carreras, Ignacio | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-01T19:21:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-01T19:21:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-12-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Algorithms 16(12) : (2023) // Article ID 562 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1999-4893 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/64569 | |
dc.description.abstract | Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a cutting-edge tool, simultaneously accelerating, securing, and enhancing the diagnosis and treatment of patients. An exemplification of this capability is evident in the analysis of peripheral blood smears (PBS). In university medical centers, hematologists routinely examine hundreds of PBS slides daily to validate or correct outcomes produced by advanced hematology analyzers assessing samples from potentially problematic patients. This process may logically lead to erroneous PBC readings, posing risks to patient health. AI functions as a transformative tool, significantly improving the accuracy and precision of readings and diagnoses. This study reshapes the parameters of blood cell classification, harnessing the capabilities of AI and broadening the scope from 5 to 11 specific blood cell categories with the challenging 11-class PBC dataset. This transformation facilitates a more profound exploration of blood cell diversity, surpassing prior constraints in medical image analysis. Our approach combines state-of-the-art deep learning techniques, including pre-trained ConvNets, ViTb16 models, and custom CNN architectures. We employ transfer learning, fine-tuning, and ensemble strategies, such as CBAM and Averaging ensembles, to achieve unprecedented accuracy and interpretability. Our fully fine-tuned EfficientNetV2 B0 model sets a new standard, with a macro-average precision, recall, and F1-score of 91%, 90%, and 90%, respectively, and an average accuracy of 93%. This breakthrough underscores the transformative potential of 11-class blood cell classification for more precise medical diagnoses. Moreover, our groundbreaking “Naturalize” augmentation technique produces remarkable results. The 2K-PBC dataset generated with “Naturalize” boasts a macro-average precision, recall, and F1-score of 97%, along with an average accuracy of 96% when leveraging the fully fine-tuned EfficientNetV2 B0 model. This innovation not only elevates classification performance but also addresses data scarcity and bias in medical deep learning. Our research marks a paradigm shift in blood cell classification, enabling more nuanced and insightful medical analyses. The “Naturalize” technique’s impact extends beyond blood cell classification, emphasizing the vital role of diverse and comprehensive datasets in advancing healthcare applications through deep learning. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work is supported by grant PID2021-126701OB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”, and by grant GIU19/027 funded by the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/PID2021-126701OB-I00 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/ | |
dc.subject | convolutional neural net (CNN) | es_ES |
dc.subject | vision transformer (ViT) | es_ES |
dc.subject | ImageNet models | es_ES |
dc.subject | transfer learning (TL) | es_ES |
dc.subject | machine learning (ML) | es_ES |
dc.subject | deep learning (DP) | es_ES |
dc.subject | blood cell classification | es_ES |
dc.subject | peripheral blood cell (PBC) | es_ES |
dc.subject | CBAM | es_ES |
dc.subject | Naturalize | es_ES |
dc.title | Blood Cell Revolution: Unveiling 11 Distinct Types with ‘Naturalize’ Augmentation | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2023-12-22T13:45:53Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/16/12/562 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/a16120562 | |
dc.departamentoes | Ciencia de la computación e inteligencia artificial | |
dc.departamentoeu | Konputagailuen Arkitektura eta Teknologia |
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