SSO-CCNN: a correlation-based optimized deep CNN for brain tumor classification using sampled PGGAN

Recently, new advancements in technologies have promoted the classification of brain tumors at the early stages to reduce mortality and disease severity. Hence, there is a need for an automatic classification model to automatically segment and classify the tumor regions, which supports researchers and medical practitioners without the need for any expert knowledge. Thus, this research proposes a novel framework called the scatter sharp optimization-based correlation-driven deep CNN model (SSO-CCNN) for classifying brain tumors. The implication of this research is based on the growth of the optimized correlation-enabled deep model, which classifies the tumors using the optimized segments acquired through the developed sampled progressively growing generative adversarial networks (sampled PGGANs). The hyperparameter training is initiated through the designed SSO optimization that is developed by combining the features of the global and local searching phase of flower pollination optimization as well as the adaptive automatic solution convergence of sunflower optimization for precise consequences. The recorded accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the SSO-CCNN classification scheme are 97.41%, 97.89%, and 96.93%, respectively, using the brain tumor dataset. In addition, the execution latency was found to be 1.6 s. Thus, the proposed framework can be beneficial to medical experts in tracking and assessing symptoms of brain tumors reliably.