High-Performance Method for Brain Tumor Feature Extraction in MRI Using Complex Network

Abstract

Objective. To localize and distinguish between benign and malignant tumors on MRI. Method. This work proposes a high-performance method for brain tumor feature extraction using a combination of complex network and U-Net architecture. And then, the common machine-learning algorithms are used to discriminate between benign and malignant tumors. Experiments and Results. The dataset of brain MRI of a total of 230 brain tumor patients in which 77 high-grade glioma patients and 153 low-grade glioma patients were processed. The results of classifying benign and malignant tumors achieved an accuracy of 99.84%. Conclusion. The high accuracy of experiment results demonstrates that the use of the complex network and U-Net architecture can significantly improve the accuracy of brain tumor classification. This method could potentially be useful for clinicians in aiding diagnosis and treatment planning for brain tumor patients.