Wavelet Convolutional Neural Network for Low-Resolution Brain MRI Images

Low-resolution images inherently contain less information, making effective feature extraction more challenging and posing difficulties for training neural networks. However, if neural networks can be trained successfully on low-resolution images, this could significantly reduce memory storage requirements and computational costs. In this study, we address the limitations of low-resolution brain MRI images by enhancing the available information through wavelet transform techniques. Specifically, we leverage the high-frequency coefficients obtained from wavelet transforms and the Hurst exponent to improve feature representation and optimize model training for convolutional neural networks (CNN), which is referred to as the wavelet CNN (WCNN). We demonstrate that WCNN outperforms standard CNNs in multi-class classification tasks, distinguishing among four categories of brain MRI images such as normal, glioma, meningioma, and pituitary tumor images. This approach highlights the potential to achieve high classification accuracy even with low-resolution data, ultimately reducing the memory and computational resources required for data processing and model training.