ABSTRACT
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent and life-threatening diseases among women
worldwide, where early detection plays a critical role in reducing mortality rates. However,
traditional diagnostic methods are often time-consuming, subjective, and dependent on expert
interpretation. In this study, a robust and efficient deep learning-based framework is proposed
for automated breast cancer classification and detection using the EfficientNet-B1
architecture. EfficientNet-B1 is selected due to its superior performance achieved through
compound scaling of network depth, width, and resolution, enabling high accuracy with
relatively lower computational complexity.
The proposed system utilizes a labeled dataset of breast cancer images, including
histopathological or mammographic scans, to train and evaluate the model. Comprehensive
data preprocessing techniques, including image normalization, resizing, augmentation, and
noise reduction, are applied to enhance data quality and mitigate overfitting. Furthermore,
transfer learning is employed by initializing the EfficientNet-B1 model with pre-trained
weights, allowing the network to effectively learn domain-specific features even with limited
medical datasets.
The model is trained to classify images into benign and malignant categories, with
performance evaluated using standard metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-
score. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed approach achieves superior
classification performance compared to conventional machine learning methods and baseline
convolutional neural network models. Notably, the system exhibits a high recall rate,
significantly reducing the occurrence of false negatives, which is crucial in medical diagnosis
scenarios.
The findings of this research highlight the effectiveness of advanced deep learning techniques
in medical image analysis and their potential to assist healthcare professionals in making
faster and more accurate diagnostic decisions. The proposed model can be integrated into
computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems, thereby improving early detection, reducing
human error, and enhancing overall clinical outcomes. Future work may focus on expanding
the dataset, incorporating multi-modal data, and deploying the model in real-time clinical
environments for practical validation.