Haleem Farman¹, Jamil Ahmad^1,*, Bilal Jan², Yasir Shahzad³, Muhammad Abdullah¹, Atta Ullah⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 2073-2089, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018961

Abstract Plant diseases are a major cause of degraded fruit quality and yield losses. These losses can be significantly reduced with early detection of diseases to ensure their timely treatment, particularly in developing countries. In this regard, an expert system based on deep learning model where the expert knowledge, particularly the one acquired by plant pathologist, is recursively learned by the system and is applied using a smart phone application for use in the target field environment, is being proposed. In this paper, a robust disease detection method is developed based on convolutional neural network (CNN), where its powerful features extraction… More >

Kuntha Pin¹, Jee Ho Chang², Yunyoung Nam^3,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5821-5834, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021943

Abstract While the usage of digital ocular fundus image has been widespread in ophthalmology practice, the interpretation of the image has been still on the hands of the ophthalmologists which are quite costly. We explored a robust deep learning system that detects three major ocular diseases: diabetic retinopathy (DR), glaucoma (GLC), and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The proposed method is composed of two steps. First, an initial quality evaluation in the classification system is proposed to filter out poor-quality images to enhance its performance, a technique that has not been explored previously. Second, the transfer learning technique is used with various… More >

Taher M. Ghazal^1,2, Sagheer Abbas³, Sundus Munir^3,4, M. A. Khan⁵, Munir Ahmad³, Ghassan F. Issa², Syeda Binish Zahra⁴, Muhammad Adnan Khan^6,*, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5005-5019, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020866

Abstract Alzheimer's disease is a severe neuron disease that damages brain cells which leads to permanent loss of memory also called dementia. Many people die due to this disease every year because this is not curable but early detection of this disease can help restrain the spread. Alzheimer's is most common in elderly people in the age bracket of 65 and above. An automated system is required for early detection of disease that can detect and classify the disease into multiple Alzheimer classes. Deep learning and machine learning techniques are used to solve many medical problems like this. The proposed system… More >

Hanan A. Hosni Mahmoud, Amal H. Alharbi, Norah S. Alghamdi^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.31, No.3, pp. 1393-1403, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.020629

Abstract The detection of fires in surveillance videos are usually done by utilizing deep learning. In Spite of the advances in processing power, deep learning methods usually need extensive computations and require high memory resources. This leads to restriction in real time fire detection. In this research, we present a time-efficient fire detection convolutional neural network coupled with transfer learning for surveillance systems. The model utilizes CNN architecture with reasonable computational time that is deemed possible for real time applications. At the same time, the model will not compromise accuracy for time efficiency by tuning the model with respect to fire… More >

Hanan A. Hosni Mahmoud, Norah S. Alghamdi, Amal H. Alharbi^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.31, No.3, pp. 1423-1434, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.020586

Abstract COVID-19 pandemic outbreak became one of the serious threats to humans. As there is no cure yet for this virus, we have to control the spread of Coronavirus through precautions. One of the effective precautions as announced by the World Health Organization is mask wearing. Surveillance systems in crowded places can lead to detection of people wearing masks. Therefore, it is highly urgent for computerized mask detection methods that can operate in real-time. As for now, most countries demand mask-wearing in public places to avoid the spreading of this virus. In this paper, we are presenting an object detection technique… More >

Mehdi Hassan^1,*, Safdar Ali², Muhammad Sanaullah³, Khuram Shahzad⁴, Sadaf Mushtaq^5,6, Rashda Abbasi⁶, Zulqurnain Ali⁴, Hani Alquhayz⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2743-2760, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020055

Abstract Cancer is the second deadliest human disease worldwide with high mortality rate. Rehabilitation and treatment of this disease requires precise and automatic assessment of effective drug response and control system. Prediction of treated and untreated cancerous cell line is one of the most challenging problems for precise and targeted drug delivery and response. A novel approach is proposed for prediction of drug treated and untreated cancer cell line automatically by employing modified Deep neural networks. Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells are exposed to anticancer drug functionalized CFO@BTO nanoparticles developed by our lab. Prediction models are developed by modifying ResNet101 and… More >

Juan Pablo Villa-Pulgarin¹, Anderson Alberto Ruales-Torres^1,2, Daniel Arias-Garzón¹, Mario Alejandro Bravo-Ortiz¹, Harold Brayan Arteaga-Arteaga¹, Alejandro Mora-Rubio¹, Jesus Alejandro Alzate-Grisales¹, Esteban Mercado-Ruiz¹, M. Hassaballah³, Simon Orozco-Arias^4,5, Oscar Cardona-Morales¹, Reinel Tabares-Soto^1,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2131-2148, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019529

Abstract Skin cancer is one of the most severe diseases, and medical imaging is among the main tools for cancer diagnosis. The images provide information on the evolutionary stage, size, and location of tumor lesions. This paper focuses on the classification of skin lesion images considering a framework of four experiments to analyze the classification performance of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) in distinguishing different skin lesions. The CNNs are based on transfer learning, taking advantage of ImageNet weights. Accordingly, in each experiment, different workflow stages are tested, including data augmentation and fine-tuning optimization. Three CNN models based on DenseNet-201, Inception-ResNet-V2, and… More >

Shoroog Khenkar^1,*, Salma Kammoun Jarraya^1,2

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2655-2677, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.019152

Abstract This paper proposes a novel, efficient and affordable approach to detect the students’ engagement levels in an e-learning environment by using webcams. Our method analyzes spatiotemporal features of e-learners’ micro body gestures, which will be mapped to emotions and appropriate engagement states. The proposed engagement detection model uses a three-dimensional convolutional neural network to analyze both temporal and spatial information across video frames. We follow a transfer learning approach by using the C3D model that was trained on the Sports-1M dataset. The adopted C3D model was used based on two different approaches; as a feature extractor with linear classifiers and… More >

Javaria Tahir¹, Syed Rameez Naqvi^2,*, Khursheed Aurangzeb³, Musaed Alhussein³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 3235-3250, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018949

Abstract Melanoma, due to its higher mortality rate, is considered as one of the most pernicious types of skin cancers, mostly affecting the white populations. It has been reported a number of times and is now widely accepted, that early detection of melanoma increases the chances of the subject’s survival. Computer-aided diagnostic systems help the experts in diagnosing the skin lesion at earlier stages using machine learning techniques. In this work, we propose a framework that accurately segments, and later classifies, the lesion using improved image segmentation and fusion methods. The proposed technique takes an image and passes it through two… More >

Awais Khan¹, Muhammad Attique Khan¹, Muhammad Younus Javed¹, Majed Alhaisoni², Usman Tariq³, Seifedine Kadry⁴, Jung-In Choi⁵, Yunyoung Nam^6,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 2113-2130, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018270

Abstract Human gait recognition (HGR) has received a lot of attention in the last decade as an alternative biometric technique. The main challenges in gait recognition are the change in in-person view angle and covariant factors. The major covariant factors are walking while carrying a bag and walking while wearing a coat. Deep learning is a new machine learning technique that is gaining popularity. Many techniques for HGR based on deep learning are presented in the literature. The requirement of an efficient framework is always required for correct and quick gait recognition. We proposed a fully automated deep learning and improved… More >