A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation
Abstract An effective diagnosis system and suitable treatment planning require the precise segmentation of thyroid nodules in ultrasound imaging. The advancement of imaging technologies has not resolved traditional imaging challenges, which include noise issues, limited contrast, and dependency on o...
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| author | Tathagat Banerjee Davinder Paul Singh Debabrata Swain Shubham Mahajan Seifedine Kadry Jungeun Kim |
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| description | Abstract An effective diagnosis system and suitable treatment planning require the precise segmentation of thyroid nodules in ultrasound imaging. The advancement of imaging technologies has not resolved traditional imaging challenges, which include noise issues, limited contrast, and dependency on operator choices, thus highlighting the need for automated, reliable solutions. The researchers developed TATHA, an innovative deep learning architecture dedicated to improving thyroid ultrasound image segmentation accuracy. The model is evaluated using the digital database of thyroid ultrasound images, which includes 99 cases across three subsets containing 134 labelled images for training, validation, and testing. It incorporates data pre-treatment procedures that reduce speckle noise and enhance contrast, while edge detection provides high-quality input for segmentation. TATHA outperforms U-Net, PSPNet, and Vision Transformers across various datasets and cross-validation folds, achieving superior Dice scores, accuracy, and AUC results. The distributed thyroid segmentation framework generates reliable predictions by combining results from multiple feature extraction units. The findings confirm that these advancements make TATHA an essential tool for clinicians and researchers in thyroid imaging and clinical applications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c395d13a4b2b4ad9b379d4d601ec29072025-08-20T03:46:04ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-07-0115112110.1038/s41598-025-12602-6A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentationTathagat Banerjee0Davinder Paul Singh1Debabrata Swain2Shubham Mahajan3Seifedine Kadry4Jungeun Kim5Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT PatnaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityAmity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University HaryanaDepartment of Computer Science and Mathematics, Lebanese American UniversityDepartment of Computer Engineering, Inha UniversityAbstract An effective diagnosis system and suitable treatment planning require the precise segmentation of thyroid nodules in ultrasound imaging. The advancement of imaging technologies has not resolved traditional imaging challenges, which include noise issues, limited contrast, and dependency on operator choices, thus highlighting the need for automated, reliable solutions. The researchers developed TATHA, an innovative deep learning architecture dedicated to improving thyroid ultrasound image segmentation accuracy. The model is evaluated using the digital database of thyroid ultrasound images, which includes 99 cases across three subsets containing 134 labelled images for training, validation, and testing. It incorporates data pre-treatment procedures that reduce speckle noise and enhance contrast, while edge detection provides high-quality input for segmentation. TATHA outperforms U-Net, PSPNet, and Vision Transformers across various datasets and cross-validation folds, achieving superior Dice scores, accuracy, and AUC results. The distributed thyroid segmentation framework generates reliable predictions by combining results from multiple feature extraction units. The findings confirm that these advancements make TATHA an essential tool for clinicians and researchers in thyroid imaging and clinical applications.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12602-6Medical imagingTATHASegmentationNeural networksUltrasound imaging |
| spellingShingle | Tathagat Banerjee Davinder Paul Singh Debabrata Swain Shubham Mahajan Seifedine Kadry Jungeun Kim A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation Scientific Reports Medical imaging TATHA Segmentation Neural networks Ultrasound imaging |
| title | A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| title_full | A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| title_fullStr | A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| title_short | A novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| title_sort | novel hybrid deep learning approach combining deep feature attention and statistical validation for enhanced thyroid ultrasound segmentation |
| topic | Medical imaging TATHA Segmentation Neural networks Ultrasound imaging |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12602-6 |
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