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Main Authors: Pham-Ngoc, Hai, Nguyen-Van, De, Vu-Tien, Dung, Le-Hong, Phuong
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14139
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author Pham-Ngoc, Hai
Nguyen-Van, De
Vu-Tien, Dung
Le-Hong, Phuong
author_facet Pham-Ngoc, Hai
Nguyen-Van, De
Vu-Tien, Dung
Le-Hong, Phuong
contents Background: Automated classification of thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) images faces challenges in limited data, inter-observer variability, and computational cost. Efficient, interpretable models are crucial for clinical support. Objective: To develop and externally validate a deep learning system for multi-class thyroid FNAB image classification into three key categories directly guiding post-biopsy treatment in Vietnam: Benign (Bethesda II), Indeterminate/Suspicious (BI, III, IV, V), and Malignant (BVI), achieving high diagnostic accuracy with low computational overhead. Methods: Our pipeline features: (1) YOLOv10 cell cluster detection for informative sub-region extraction/noise reduction; (2) curriculum learning sequencing localized crops to full images for multi-scale capture; (3) adaptive lightweight EfficientNetB0 (4M parameters) balancing performance/efficiency; and (4) a Transformer-inspired module for multi-scale/multi-region analysis. External validation used 1,015 independent FNAB images. Results: ThyroidEffi Basic achieved macro F1 of 89.19% and AUCs of 0.98 (Benign), 0.95 (Indeterminate/Suspicious), 0.96 (Malignant) on the internal test set. External validation yielded AUCs of 0.9495 (Benign), 0.7436 (Indeterminate/Suspicious), 0.8396 (Malignant). ThyroidEffi Premium improved macro F1 to 89.77%. Grad-CAM highlighted key diagnostic regions, confirming interpretability. The system processed 1000 cases in 30 seconds, demonstrating feasibility on widely accessible hardware. Conclusions: This work demonstrates that high-accuracy, interpretable thyroid FNAB image classification is achievable with minimal computational demands.
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spellingShingle ThyroidEffi 1.0: A Cost-Effective System for High-Performance Multi-Class Thyroid Carcinoma Classification
Pham-Ngoc, Hai
Nguyen-Van, De
Vu-Tien, Dung
Le-Hong, Phuong
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
Background: Automated classification of thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy (FNAB) images faces challenges in limited data, inter-observer variability, and computational cost. Efficient, interpretable models are crucial for clinical support. Objective: To develop and externally validate a deep learning system for multi-class thyroid FNAB image classification into three key categories directly guiding post-biopsy treatment in Vietnam: Benign (Bethesda II), Indeterminate/Suspicious (BI, III, IV, V), and Malignant (BVI), achieving high diagnostic accuracy with low computational overhead. Methods: Our pipeline features: (1) YOLOv10 cell cluster detection for informative sub-region extraction/noise reduction; (2) curriculum learning sequencing localized crops to full images for multi-scale capture; (3) adaptive lightweight EfficientNetB0 (4M parameters) balancing performance/efficiency; and (4) a Transformer-inspired module for multi-scale/multi-region analysis. External validation used 1,015 independent FNAB images. Results: ThyroidEffi Basic achieved macro F1 of 89.19% and AUCs of 0.98 (Benign), 0.95 (Indeterminate/Suspicious), 0.96 (Malignant) on the internal test set. External validation yielded AUCs of 0.9495 (Benign), 0.7436 (Indeterminate/Suspicious), 0.8396 (Malignant). ThyroidEffi Premium improved macro F1 to 89.77%. Grad-CAM highlighted key diagnostic regions, confirming interpretability. The system processed 1000 cases in 30 seconds, demonstrating feasibility on widely accessible hardware. Conclusions: This work demonstrates that high-accuracy, interpretable thyroid FNAB image classification is achievable with minimal computational demands.
title ThyroidEffi 1.0: A Cost-Effective System for High-Performance Multi-Class Thyroid Carcinoma Classification
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14139