Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
IEEE Access
Publication Date
1-1-2025
Abstract
This paper proposes a novel, non-invasive approach to diagnosing eye anemia using deep learning techniques. Traditional methods, reliant on invasive procedures like venipuncture, are costly and can cause patient discomfort. Our model leverages a multi-branch convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture, incorporating the Hippopotamus Optimization (HO) algorithm and multiclass support vector machines (SVMs) for enhanced accuracy. To address data imbalance, we employ the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) and data augmentation. The model is trained and evaluated on a dataset of 211 eye images. The model achieves a remarkable 97.06% accuracy, with a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve demonstrating an Area Under the Curve (AUC) of 0.973, indicating strong discriminative power. The parallel branch CNN architecture significantly improves training speed and reduces inference time. Furthermore, t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE) visualization effectively clusters data points, showcasing the model's ability to distinguish between anemic and non-anemic cases. To ensure model transparency and reliability, we utilize the SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) method to understand feature importance. This non-invasive approach holds significant promise for early and efficient anemia detection, particularly in resource-constrained settings.
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Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Keywords
Anemia, Convolutional Neural Network, Data Augmentation, Eye Anemia, Hippopotamus Optimization, Imbalance data, SHAP, Support Vector Machine
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Mohammed, Kamel K.; Dahmani, Nadia; Ahmed, Rania; Darwish, Ashraf; and Hassanien, Aboul Ella, "An Explainable AI and Optimized Multi-Branch Convolutional Neural Network Model for Eye Anemia Diagnosis" (2025). All Works. 7216.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/7216
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Open Access Type
Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series