Detection of Gliomas Using a Novel Attention UNet-Based Deep Learning Model
摘要
Glioblastoma is an aggressive cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord. Glioma is a dangerous brain tumour that affects many individuals. Tumour-treating fields (TTF) involve applying adhesive pads to your scalp. Palliative care can be used while undergoing other treatments, such as radiation therapy or chemo-by-needle. The risk of side effects may not be known from clinical trials. Glioma segmentation is a frequent method used by physicians. Using this procedure, the appearance of glioma is examined, analysed, and diagnosed. Gliomas are often segmented using deep learning. This study solves the problem by segmenting gliomas using an improved convolutional neural network (CNN) model. Although 3D full CNNs have the benefit of gathering 3D spatial data, they need more memory than 2D full CNNs. The DenseBlock encoder, decoder, and attention units are proposed in the model to segment gliomas. Using multisequence glioma imaging data lowers the 3Dness of the UNet model on the BraTS17 validation set, but it worked well. BraTS1 is about as sensitive as the top segmentation model. It also correctly identified gliomas. The dice, Hausdorff distance, sensitivity, and specificity of the segmented tumour are all equal to 0.8492. The method works for both high-grade and low-grade gliomas. The proposed strategy outperforms competing techniques in testing.