A Comprehensive Benchmark Study of Transfer Learning-Based Deep Learning Models for Brain Tumor Classification

Keywords

• transfer learning
• brain tumor classification
• medical image classification
• deep learning models
• benchmark study

CCDS Authors

Manosh Sur Choudhury

Manosh Sur Choudhury

• Research Assistant, CCDS

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  Masters

  University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  Bachelors

  Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Siam Tahsin Bhuiyan

Siam Tahsin Bhuiyan

• Intern, CCDS

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  Bachelors

  Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

Scientific Reports

Saadia Binte Alam, PhD

Saadia Binte Alam, PhD

• Director, MIRA & WiSE Wings

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  Associate Professor

  Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

HCII, Scientific Reports, Cognitive Computation, Neural Computing and Applications

Ashraful Islam, PhD

Ashraful Islam, PhD

• Center Director, CCDS
• Director, HCI Wing

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  Assistant Professor

  Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

CHI, UIST, UbiComp, IJCNN, ICIP, HCII, ICDMW, BLP, Pattern Recognition, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, JMIR, JMIR Human Factors, JMIR Formative Research, IEEE Access, Smart Agricultural Technology, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, PLOS ONE

Md Rashedur Rahman, D. Eng.

Md Rashedur Rahman, D. Eng.

• Co-Director, MIRA & NEST Wings

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  Assistant Professor

  Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

CHI, HCII, Scientific Reports, Cognitive Computation, Neural Computing and Applications

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