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International Conference on System, Computation, Automation and Networking (ICSCAN)

Quantum-Enhanced EEG Feature Extraction for Alzheimer's Disease Detection Using a Hybrid Deep Neural Network

Indumathi R, Sathyavani N

Published Jun 12, 2026• 0 citations
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10.1109/icscan66520.2026.11588460

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