ViTBayesianNet: An adaptive deep bayesian network-aided alzheimer disease detection framework with vision transformer-based residual densenet for feature extraction using MRI images.

Abstract

One of the most familiar types of disease is Alzheimer's disease (AD) and it mainly impacts people over the age limit of 60. AD causes irreversible brain damage in humans. It is difficult to recognize the various stages of AD, hence advanced deep learning methods are suggested for recognizing AD in its initial stages. In this experiment, an effective deep model-based AD detection approach is introduced to provide effective treatment to the patient. Initially, an essential MRI is collected from the benchmark resources. After that, the gathered MRIs are provided as input to the feature extraction phase. Also, the important features in the input image are extracted by Vision Transformer-based Residual DenseNet (ViT-ResDenseNet). Later, the retrieved features are applied to the Alzheimer's detection stage. In this phase, AD is detected using an Adaptive Deep Bayesian Network (Ada-DBN). Additionally, the attributes of Ada-DBN are optimized with the help of Enhanced Golf Optimization Algorithm (EGOA). So, the implemented Alzheimer's detection model accomplishes relatively higher reliability than existing techniques. The numerical results of the suggested framework obtained an accuracy value of 96.35 which is greater than the 91.08, 91.95, and 93.95 attained by the EfficientNet-B2, TF- CNN, and ViT-GRU, respectively.