ResQ: A hybrid classical-quantum model for efficient breast cancer image classification

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2025.113631" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.asoc.2025.113631</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

ResQ: A hybrid classical-quantum model for efficient breast cancer image classification

Original language description

Breast cancer remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, necessitating accurate and efficient diagnostic systems to improve treatment outcomes. While deep learning-based Computer-Aided Diagnostic (CAD) tools have demonstrated promise in analyzing histopathological images, they face challenges in handling high-dimensional data and computational inefficiencies. Simultaneously, quantum computing has emerged as a transformative technology, offering unparalleled capabilities in modeling complex data distributions and accelerating computations. This paper introduces ResQ, a hybrid classical-quantum framework designed for breast cancer classification. ResQ integrates a ResNet-based feature extraction module with a Variational Quantum Circuit (VQC) classifier, leveraging the complementary strengths of classical deep learning and quantum computing. Evaluations on two publicly available datasets, BreakHis and Bioimaging (BI), reveal significant performance improvements, achieving accuracies of 98.49% and 88.96%, respectively, compared to 97.36% and 87.96% achieved by its classical counterparts. Quantum circuit evaluations have been conducted on a quantum simulator (Aer simulator) as well as a noise-affected real quantum processor (ibm_brisbane). Additionally, to gain deeper insights into the effectiveness of the ResQ model over classical models, a non-parametric statistical test, viz., the Friedman test, followed by the Nemenyi test for post hoc analysis, is performed. Furthermore, a detailed circuit-level analysis explores critical trade-offs, such as circuit depth, gate count, and qubit usage, providing unique insights into the practical deployment of hybrid classical-quantum models in medical imaging. The one-qubit shallow architecture of ResQ renders lower circuit complexities, making it amenable to Noisy-Intermediate Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices. These findings underscore the potential of quantum computing to revolutionize cancer diagnostics by enhancing both accuracy and computational efficiency. The relevant codes of the proposed architecture, ResQ, are publicly available on https://github.com/DVLP-CMATERJU/ResQ-Hybrid-Classical-Quantum.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Applied Soft Computing

ISSN

1568-4946

e-ISSN

1872-9681

Volume of the periodical

183

Issue of the periodical within the volume

November

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

nestránkováno

UT code for WoS article

001541575100002

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