Pratama, Nizar Rafi and Setiadi, De Rosal Ignatius Moses and Harkespan, Imanuel and Ojugo, Arnold Adimabua (2025) Feature Fusion with Albumentation for Enhancing Monkeypox Detection Using Deep Learning Models. Journal of Computing Theories and Applications, 2 (3). pp. 427-440. ISSN 3024-9104
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Abstract
Monkeypox is a zoonotic disease caused by Orthopoxvirus, presenting clinical challenges due to its visual similarity to other dermatological conditions. Early and accurate detection is crucial to prevent further transmission, yet conventional diagnostic methods are often resource-intensive and time-consuming. This study proposes a deep learning-based classification model by integrating Xception and InceptionV3 using feature fusion to enhance performance in classifying Monkeypox skin lesions. Given the limited availability of annotated medical images, data augmentation was applied using Albumentation to improve model generalization. The proposed model was trained and evaluated on the Monkeypox Skin Lesion Dataset (MSLD), achieving 85.96% accuracy, 86.47% precision, 85.25% recall, 78.43% specificity, and an AUC score of 0.8931, outperforming existing methods. Notably, data augmentation significantly improved recall from 81.23% to 85.25%, demonstrating its effectiveness in enhancing sensitivity to positive cases. Ablation studies further validated that augmentation increased overall accuracy from 82.02% to 85.96%, emphasizing its role in improving model robustness. Comparative analysis with other models confirmed the superiority of our approach. This research enhances automated Monkeypox detection, offering a robust and efficient tool for low-resource clinical settings. The findings reinforce the potential of feature fusion and augmentation in improving deep learn-ing-based medical image classification, facilitating more reliable and accessible disease identification.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
Depositing User: | dl fts |
Date Deposited: | 21 Feb 2025 16:33 |
Last Modified: | 21 Feb 2025 16:33 |
URI: | https://dl.futuretechsci.org/id/eprint/103 |