Multi-Class Brain Tumor Classification Using GAN-Enhanced Deep Convolutional Networks
By: Saryu Verma and Jatin Arora
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2026-0052 | Journal eISSN: 1178-5608
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Submitted on: Apr 22, 2026
Published on: Aug 12, 2026
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