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Multi-Scale Vision Transformer with Dynamic Multi-Loss Function for Medical Image Retrieval and Classification

Omar Alqahtani, Mohamed Ghouse, Asfia Sabahath, Omer Bin Hussain, Arshiya Begum

Computers, Materials & Continua· Volume 83· Issue 2

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This paper introduces a novel method for medical image retrieval and classification by integrating a multi-scale encoding mechanism with Vision Transformer (ViT) architectures and a dynamic multi-loss function. The multi-scal... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Tech Science Press
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