Thyroid Nodule Detection and Classification on Small Datasets: An Ensemble Deep Learning Approach with Attention Mechanism and Focal Loss.

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Title: Thyroid Nodule Detection and Classification on Small Datasets: An Ensemble Deep Learning Approach with Attention Mechanism and Focal Loss.
Authors: Hung WC; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Department of Communication Engineering, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Head and Neck Cancer Surveillance and Research Study Group, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan., Chang YK; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan., Chang CM; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan., Cheng PW; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan., Lo WC; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Head and Neck Cancer Surveillance and Research Study Group, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Graduate Institute of Medicine, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan., Cheng PC; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Department of Communication Engineering, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Head and Neck Cancer Surveillance and Research Study Group, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan., Liao LJ; Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Head and Neck Cancer Surveillance and Research Study Group, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan.; Department of Electrical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan.
Source: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) [Diagnostics (Basel)] 2026 Mar 10; Vol. 16 (6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Mar 10.
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