Accurate and efficient classification of bone fractures from X-ray images is crucial for timely diagnosis, effective treatment planning, and improved patient outcomes in orthopedic medicine. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated their ability to automatically extract relevant features from X-ray images, making them a powerful tool for the classification of complex bone fracture patterns. However, as the complexity of the classification task increases, the computational requirements of classical CNNs also grow rapidly. This poses a challenge in high-stakes medical applications, where the accuracy and efficiency of the classification system are paramount. In this work, we present a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN) for the classification of bone fractures from X-ray images. A quantum convolution layer is integrated as the first layer of the network, which leverages the unique properties of quantum mechanics to extract more informative features from the input X-ray images. A traditional CNN network follows this quantum-based feature extraction step to perform the final bone fracture classification. We tested the proposed QCNN model on the Bone Fracture Multi-Region X-ray Data, a benchmark dataset for evaluating bone fracture classification systems. The QCNN architecture achieved an impressive 96% accuracy and 95.81% F1-score, demonstrating its superior performance compared to state-of-the-art classical CNN models.
Accurate and efficient classification of bone fractures from X-ray images is crucial for timely diagnosis, effective treatment planning, and improved patient outcomes in orthopedic medicine. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have demonstrated their ability to automatically extract relevant features from X-ray images, making them a powerful tool for the classification of complex bone fracture patterns. However, as the complexity of the classification task increases, the computational requirements of classical CNNs also grow rapidly. This poses a challenge in high-stakes medical applications, where the accuracy and efficiency of the classification system are paramount. In this work, we present a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN) for the classification of bone fractures from X-ray images. A quantum convolution layer is integrated as the first layer of the network, which leverages the unique properties of quantum mechanics to extract more informative features from the input X-ray images. A traditional CNN network follows this quantum-based feature extraction step to perform the final bone fracture classification. We tested the proposed QCNN model on the Bone Fracture Multi-Region X-ray Data, a benchmark dataset for evaluating bone fracture classification systems. The QCNN architecture achieved an impressive 96% accuracy and 95.81% F1-score, demonstrating its superior performance compared to state-of-the-art classical CNN models.
Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks (QCNNs) have became a promising field for quantum advantage in feature extraction and classification of different datasets like Handwritten datasets, Fashion datasets, particularly useful for complex datasets like medical images. Medical image classification has emerged as a critical component in modern healthcare diagnostics, particularly for tumor detection and cancer diagnosis. Normally, Classical CNN is used for image classification but they may face certain challenges in achieving further improvements in accuracy, computational efficiency, processing time. Also, it becomes difficult to train for high-dimensional medical datasets and extracting complex feature representations. Therefore, In this proposal, Image classification through a Scalable and Resource efficient QCNN is proposed which integrates classical CNN with quantum computing. This review examines the current state of medical image classification for tumor detection, analyzes the transition from classical CNNs to quantum-based architectures, and explores the potential of QCNNs in revolutionizing medical diagnostics. This research includes QCNN architecture which will include selective feature encoding using encoding technique such as Z Feature map and quantum circuits for convolutional layers and pooling layers to handle multi-modal medical data (e.g., MRI and CT scans). We aim to achieve superior accuracy with reduced parameters over classical CNNs. This work advances quantum ML toward practical deployment in resource-limited healthcare settings.
Recently, Quantum Computing has started being widely used for classical problem solving. We can use Quantum mechanics principles for problem solving. CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) had been used in classical computing and problem solving for many years, the implementation of this neural network model in Quantum devices and circuits is known as QCNN (Quantum Convolutional Neural Network). QCNNs are built using quantum circuits. QCNNs can read complicated pictures more quickly, they are allegedly better at extracting features and identifying patterns, these features can make it extremely good at image classification. By analyzing multiple features at the same time, QCNNs process data faster than classical CNNs and reduce the reliance on big datasets, therefore it addresses difficulties related to limited data. We can also see how robust QCNN is to noise, maintaining good accuracy despite many changes in image quality. Good speed and accuracy are demonstrated in experimental results on training datasets, indicating that QCNNs have the potential to transform medical diagnoses and enhance patient outcomes. We have made use of the chest x-ray image dataset which have three labels, Covid, Pneumonia, and Normal.
A common model for classifying images is the convolutional neural network (CNN), which has the benefit of effectively using data correlation information. Despite their remarkable success, classical CNNs may face challenges in achieving further improvements in accuracy, computational efficiency, explainability, and generalization. However, if the specified data dimension or model grows too large, CNN becomes difficult to train effectively with a slowdown processing. In order to address a problem using CNN utilizing quantum computing, Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) proposes a novel quantum solution or enhances the functionality of an existing learning model in terms of processing time during training. This paper presents a comparative analysis between classical Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and a novel quantum circuit architecture tailored for image-based tasks, emphasizing the adaptability and versatility of quantum circuits in enhancing feature extraction capabilities and then final accuracy and processing time. A MNIST and covidx-cxr3 datasets was used to train quantum-CNN models, and the results of these comparisons were made with traditional CNN performance. The results demonstrate that the suggested QCNN beat the traditional CNN in terms of recognition accuracy and processing speed (process time) when combined with cutting-edge feature extraction techniques. This superiority is particularly evident when trained on the covidx-cxr3 dataset, highlighting the potential for quantum computing to revolutionize image classification tasks.
This paper presents a novel hybrid quantum-classical model for automated bone fracture detection and classification from radiographic images. By integrating quantum computing principles with convolutional neural networks, we demonstrate a system capable of achieving unprecedented accuracy in fracture detection. The proposed methodology leverages quantum-enhanced feature extraction while maintaining clinical deployment feasibility. Our approach utilizes a quantum-augmented VGG16 architecture with specialized quantum circuits designed to improve feature space exploration. with our hybrid model achieving 100% accuracy on the test dataset. This research establishes a new paradigm for medical image analysis that harnesses quantum computational advantages within existing classical frameworks.
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are extensively utilized for image classification due to their ability to exploit data correlations effectively. However, traditional CNNs encounter several challenges, including limitations in accuracy improvement, computational efficiency, explain ability, and generalization. As data dimensionality or model complexity increases, CNNs often become more difficult to train efficiently, leading to slower processing times. To overcome these challenges, Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks (QCNNs) offer a promising quantum-based approach to enhance existing models, particularly by improving training efficiency and reducing processing times. This paper provides a comparative analysis of classical CNNs and a novel quantum circuit architecture tailored for image-based tasks. The analysis emphasizes the adaptability and potential of quantum circuits to enhance feature extraction, recognition accuracy, and processing efficiency.We applied various QCNN architectures to the Chinese-MNIST dataset and compared their performance with traditional CNN models. Although QCNNs achieved slightly lower accuracy, they demonstrated significantly greater stability. These findings high- light QCNNs’ potential to overcome the computational limitations of conventional deep learning, offering a promising pathway for quantum-enhanced solutions in computer vision. Future work will focus on refining quantum circuit designs, developing hybrid quantum-classical models, and extending QCNN applications to larger and more diverse datasets.
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent and life-threatening diseases affecting women worldwide, and early detection plays a crucial role in improving survival rates and treatment outcomes.Conventional diagnostic methods such as mammography, ultrasound imaging, and histopathological analysis rely heavily on expert interpretation and classical machine learning techniques.Although classical deep learning models, especially Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), have demonstrated impressive performance in medical image analysis, they face inherent limitations related to computational complexity, scalability, and the curse of dimensionality when handling large, high-resolution datasets.With the rapid advancement of quantum computing, Quantum Machine Learning (QML) has emerged as a promising paradigm capable of addressing these challenges by leveraging quantum phenomena such as superposition and entanglement.This research explores the application of Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks (Quantum CNNs or QCNNs) for breast cancer detection, aiming to enhance classification accuracy while reducing computational overhead.The proposed approach integrates quantum circuits with classical preprocessing techniques to extract discriminative features from breast cancer datasets, such as mammographic or histopathological images.By encoding image features into quantum states and performing convolution operations through parameterized quantum circuits, the Quantum CNN model is designed to learn complex patterns more efficiently than classical counterparts.The study evaluates the effectiveness of Quantum CNNs in distinguishing between benign and malignant breast tumors and compares its performance with traditional CNN models.The findings highlight the potential of Quantum CNNs to revolutionize medical image analysis by offering faster convergence, improved generalization, and robustness against noise.This research contributes to the growing field of quantumassisted healthcare systems and demonstrates how quantum computing can be harnessed to address critical challenges in breast cancer diagnosis.