Integrated Brain Tumour Detection: Cuckoo Optimization and SVD- Guided Segmentation with U-Net
摘要
Accurate brain tumour segmentation from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) remains a challenging task due to noise, intensity inhomogeneity, and complex tumour morphology. Although deep learning models such as U-Net have shown promising results, existing approaches often lack optimization-driven preprocessing and robustness validation, while many hybrid methods remain pipeline-based without a unified mathematical framework. This paper proposes an optimization-driven integrated framework combining an Adaptive Cuckoo Optimization Algorithm (ACOA), Weighted Singular Value Decomposition (WSVD), and an enhanced U-Net architecture. The method formulates segmentation as a multi-objective optimization problem that maximizes accuracy while minimizing boundary error and noise sensitivity. ACOA improves convergence through adaptive search, while WSVD enhances feature representation. A composite loss function further improves segmentation under class imbalance. Experimental results on the BRATS dataset demonstrate superior performance, achieving a Dice score of 0.94, IoU of 0.89, and accuracy above 98%, with statistically significant improvements (p < 0.01). Robustness and cross-dataset evaluations confirm strong generalization. The proposed framework provides an accurate and reliable solution for automated brain tumour segmentation.