SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders

With the intent of assisting gastroenterologists from all over the world, the proposed work aims to eliminate the effort required to achieve accurate diagnoses. Statistically, gastrointestinal diseases often result in fatal disorders, contributing to a significant number of fatalities. The upper gas...

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Main Authors: Samra Siddiqui, Junaid A. Khan, Tallha Akram, Meshal Alharbi, Jaehyuk Cha, Dina A. AlHammadi
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author Samra Siddiqui
Junaid A. Khan
Tallha Akram
Meshal Alharbi
Jaehyuk Cha
Dina A. AlHammadi
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description With the intent of assisting gastroenterologists from all over the world, the proposed work aims to eliminate the effort required to achieve accurate diagnoses. Statistically, gastrointestinal diseases often result in fatal disorders, contributing to a significant number of fatalities. The upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) includes the stomach, esophagus, and duodenum, while the lower one comprises a section of the small intestine, namely the ileum, as well as the large intestine, including the colon. The challenges associated with GIT tract issues are apparently complex. Therefore, multiple challenges exist regarding CAD (Computer-aided diagnosis) and endoscopy, including a lack of annotated images, a dark background, poor contrast, and an irregular pattern. The objective of this research is to develop a robust deep network, called SNet, that offers a solution to complex classification problems. Firstly, the endoscopic images undergo preprocessing before being subjected to feature extraction. This step involves image resizing along with the augmentation step. The proposed convolutional neural network (CNN) model is comprised of six blocks placed at different layers. To enable the exhaustive evaluation of proposed framework across different datasets, the model has undergone training on a very complex HyperKvasir dataset, and later tested on Kvasir v1 and v2 datasets. This facilitates cross-dataset system evaluation, resulting in an efficient system for an unseen image diagnosis. To avoid the problem of “curse of dimensionality”, the most discriminant feature information is selected based on proposed minimum redundancy maximum relevance (MRMR) algorithm. The proposed architecture has been evaluated using a range of performance metrics, such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and Area under curve (AUC). With classification accuracy as the main metric, the achieved accuracy is 98.45% on the Kvasir v1, and 97.83% on the Kvasir v2 datasets.
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spelling doaj-art-1e1577bf627b4afea9ea5c7f6a113bc42025-08-20T04:00:27ZengElsevierSLAS Technology2472-63032025-08-013310030410.1016/j.slast.2025.100304SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disordersSamra Siddiqui0Junaid A. Khan1Tallha Akram2Meshal Alharbi3Jaehyuk Cha4Dina A. AlHammadi5Department of Computer Science, HITEC University, Taxila, Taxila Cantt, PakistanDepartment of Computer Science, HITEC University, Taxila, Taxila Cantt, PakistanDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computer Science, Hanyang University, South KoreaDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi ArabiaWith the intent of assisting gastroenterologists from all over the world, the proposed work aims to eliminate the effort required to achieve accurate diagnoses. Statistically, gastrointestinal diseases often result in fatal disorders, contributing to a significant number of fatalities. The upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) includes the stomach, esophagus, and duodenum, while the lower one comprises a section of the small intestine, namely the ileum, as well as the large intestine, including the colon. The challenges associated with GIT tract issues are apparently complex. Therefore, multiple challenges exist regarding CAD (Computer-aided diagnosis) and endoscopy, including a lack of annotated images, a dark background, poor contrast, and an irregular pattern. The objective of this research is to develop a robust deep network, called SNet, that offers a solution to complex classification problems. Firstly, the endoscopic images undergo preprocessing before being subjected to feature extraction. This step involves image resizing along with the augmentation step. The proposed convolutional neural network (CNN) model is comprised of six blocks placed at different layers. To enable the exhaustive evaluation of proposed framework across different datasets, the model has undergone training on a very complex HyperKvasir dataset, and later tested on Kvasir v1 and v2 datasets. This facilitates cross-dataset system evaluation, resulting in an efficient system for an unseen image diagnosis. To avoid the problem of “curse of dimensionality”, the most discriminant feature information is selected based on proposed minimum redundancy maximum relevance (MRMR) algorithm. The proposed architecture has been evaluated using a range of performance metrics, such as accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and Area under curve (AUC). With classification accuracy as the main metric, the achieved accuracy is 98.45% on the Kvasir v1, and 97.83% on the Kvasir v2 datasets.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2472630325000627CNNGastrointestinal disordersSNetFeature optimizationDiseases classification
spellingShingle Samra Siddiqui
Junaid A. Khan
Tallha Akram
Meshal Alharbi
Jaehyuk Cha
Dina A. AlHammadi
SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
SLAS Technology
CNN
Gastrointestinal disorders
SNet
Feature optimization
Diseases classification
title SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
title_full SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
title_fullStr SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
title_full_unstemmed SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
title_short SNet: A novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
title_sort snet a novel convolutional neural network architecture for advanced endoscopic image classification of gastrointestinal disorders
topic CNN
Gastrointestinal disorders
SNet
Feature optimization
Diseases classification
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2472630325000627
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