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A Calibrated Deep Learning Framework Integrating Spatial Annotations and Clinical Metadata for Safe Three-Class Bone

Mert Ocak1,2, Cumali Çatak2,3

  • 1Department of Basic Medicine Science, Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara 06560, Türkiye.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 26, 2026
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This study introduces a new deep learning method for classifying bone lesions in radiographs, achieving high accuracy and a clinically safe error profile. The approach integrates region-of-interest (ROI) information and clinical data for improved diagnostic support.

Area of Science:

  • Radiology and Medical Imaging
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Forensic Anthropology

Background:

  • Accurate bone lesion classification is vital for clinical decisions and forensic identification.
  • Current deep learning models often overlook spatial annotations and clinical metadata in radiographic analysis.
  • There is a need for advanced AI frameworks that incorporate these crucial data points.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a region-of-interest (ROI)-guided deep learning framework for three-class bone lesion classification (Normal, Benign, Malignant).
  • To integrate clinical metadata into the deep learning model for enhanced classification accuracy.
  • To rigorously assess the clinical safety profile of the developed framework.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the BTXRD dataset comprising 3746 radiographs (Normal, Benign, Malignant).
Keywords:
bone tumor classificationclinical decision supportdeep learningforensic anthropologyradiograph analysis

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  • Employed an EfficientNetV2-S backbone with an 11-dimensional metadata Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) trained on ROI-cropped regions.
  • Implemented advanced training techniques including Focal Loss, Mixup/CutMix augmentations, Stochastic Weight Averaging, and Test-Time Augmentation.

    • Main Results:

    • Achieved high performance metrics: 96.05% accuracy, 93.94% balanced accuracy, 92.62% macro F1-score, and 99.21% macro-AUC.
    • Demonstrated a clinically safe error pattern with near-zero Malignant-to-Normal misclassifications (0.29%).
    • The minority Malignant class achieved an F1-score of 83.53% despite its low representation (9.1% of the dataset).

    Conclusions:

    • ROI-guided deep learning with metadata fusion represents a state-of-the-art approach for bone lesion classification.
    • The framework exhibits clinically safe error patterns and well-calibrated probability outputs.
    • The model shows potential as a decision support tool in diagnostic radiology and forensic anthropology, pending external validation.