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Comparison of results based on different classifiers using fused features of image (brats2018)
| Number of features used | Technique | Feature extraction | Fusion method | Accuracy | Computational time (s) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 81.5 | 82.3 | 
| 5 | Naïve Bayes | 81.7 | 81.9 | ||
| 5 | Softmax | 82.2 | 83.8 | ||
| 5 | Decision tree | 81.8 | 82.6 | ||
| 10 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 83.5 | 85.3 | 
| 10 | Naïve Bayes | 84.3 | 82.1 | ||
| 10 | Softmax | 80.5 | 83.8 | ||
| 10 | Decision tree | 81.6 | 85.4 | ||
| 15 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 84.7 | 88.9 | 
| 15 | Naïve Bayes | 84.6 | 87.9 | ||
| 15 | Softmax | 82.3 | 85.4 | ||
| 15 | Decision tree | 86.5 | 86.6 | ||
| 20 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 85.6 | 91.7 | 
| 20 | Naïve Bayes | 84.6 | 92.6 | ||
| 20 | Softmax | 81.3 | 97.8 | ||
| 20 | Decision tree | 82.5 | 99.3 | ||
| 25 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 85.2 | 92.4 | 
| 25 | Naïve Bayes | 83.5 | 98.7 | ||
| 25 | Softmax | 81.2 | 101.4 | ||
| 25 | Decision tree | 83.7 | 109 | ||
| 30 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 85.2 | 92.6 | 
| 30 | Naïve Bayes | 85.6 | 99.4 | ||
| 30 | Softmax | 81.2 | 104.8 | ||
| 30 | Decision tree | 83.6 | 111.3 | ||
| 35 | SVM | LTcp | PLS | 85.8 | 94.4 | 
| 35 | Naïve Bayes | 84.6 | 98.7 | ||
| 35 | Softmax | 85.8 | 105.3 | ||
| 35 | Decision tree | 84.6 | 118.2 | 
Numbers of features extracted using the proposed method
| Method (features extraction) | Number of features | 
|---|---|
| LTcP (proposed method) | 42 | 
| LTrP [18] | 35 | 
| LBP [15] | 10 | 
| GLCM [26] | 19 | 
| GLRM [27] | 7 | 
Comparison of results based on different classifiers using various numbers of fused features of the image (brats2019)
| Number of features used | Technique | Feature extraction | Fusion method | Accuracy | Computational time (s) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −5 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 80.2 | 82.3 | 
| 5 | Naïve Bayes | 79.6 | 81.9 | ||
| 5 | Softmax | 79.2 | 83.8 | ||
| 5 | Decision tree | 75 | 82.6 | ||
| 10 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 82.3 | 85.3 | 
| 10 | Naïve Bayes | 80.1 | 82.1 | ||
| 10 | Softmax | 82.2 | 83.8 | ||
| 10 | Decision tree | 79.6 | 85.4 | ||
| 15 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 87.8 | 88.9 | 
| 15 | Naïve Bayes | 85.4 | 87.9 | ||
| 15 | Softmax | 87.3 | 85.4 | ||
| 15 | Decision tree | 84.8 | 86.6 | ||
| 20 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 88.6 | 91.7 | 
| 20 | Naïve Bayes | 88.5 | 92.6 | ||
| 20 | Softmax | 89.8 | 97.8 | ||
| 20 | Decision tree | 87.5 | 99.3 | ||
| 25 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 89.7 | 92.4 | 
| 25 | Naïve Bayes | 86.7 | 98.7 | ||
| 25 | Softmax | 88.4 | 101.4 | ||
| 25 | Decision tree | 87.5 | 109 | ||
| 30 | SVM | LTcP | PLS | 91.4 | 92.6 | 
| 30 | Naïve Bayes | 90.2 | 99.7 | ||
| 30 | Softmax | 87.5 | 105.4 | ||
| 30 | Decision tree | 89.4 | 112.5 | ||
| 35 | SVM | LTcp | PLS | 91.4 | 94.4 | 
| 35 | Naïve Bayes | 90.2 | 98.7 | ||
| 35 | Softmax | 90.3 | 106.1 | ||
| 35 | Decision tree | 90.5 | 120.3 | 
Comparison among approaches based on recall and F1 score on the brats2018 dataset
| Approach | Recall | F1 score | 
|---|---|---|
| SVM | 94.60 | 93.20 | 
| Naïve Bayes | 89.45 | 88.80 | 
| Softmax | 94.45 | 92.93 | 
| Decision Tree | 89.34 | 89.35 | 
| Proposed approach (SVM as classifier) | 95.90 | 96.80 | 
| Proposed approach (Naïve Bayes as classifier) | 94.03 | 94.5 | 
| Proposed approach (Softmax as classifier) | 95.10 | 96.95 | 
| Proposed approach (decision tree as classifier) | 93.20 | 94.10 |