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A contrastive learning framework with adaptive feature fusion for brain tumor classification.

Yating Peng^1,2, Song He³, Lingle Chang⁴

¹Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China.

Scientific Reports

|March 23, 2026

Summary

This study introduces a new deep learning method for brain tumor classification from MRI scans. The approach improves accuracy by better distinguishing between tumor types, aiding in diagnosis and treatment planning.

Keywords:

Adaptive feature fusion Brain tumor classification Contrastive learning Deep learning

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Artificial Intelligence
Computational Biology

Background:

Accurate brain tumor classification from MRI is crucial but challenging due to tumor variability.
Existing deep learning models struggle to capture subtle pathological features for reliable classification.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel contrastive learning framework with adaptive feature fusion (AFF-CL) for improved brain tumor classification.
To enhance the discriminative power of deep learning models for fine-grained pathological feature recognition.

Main Methods:

Proposed a contrastive learning framework (AFF-CL) utilizing a dynamic label queue for multiple positive pair construction.
Incorporated a local input stream and an adaptive feature fusion (AFF) module to integrate multi-scale contextual information.
Trained and evaluated the framework on a public figshare dataset for brain tumor classification.

Main Results:

The AFF-CL framework achieved state-of-the-art performance on brain tumor classification.
Demonstrated significant improvements over existing methods in accuracy and discriminative power.
The adaptive feature fusion effectively integrated localized and global representations for enhanced classification.

Conclusions:

The proposed AFF-CL framework offers a promising approach for precise computer-aided diagnosis of brain tumors.
The method's ability to handle intra-class heterogeneity and inter-class differences enhances diagnostic accuracy.
This technique has strong potential for clinical application in neuro-oncology and treatment planning.