Early Detection of Brain Tumors: Performance Evaluation of AlexNet and GoogleNet on Different Medical Image Resolutions

Authors

  • Alwas Muis Department of Information Technology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari, Indonesia
  • Angga Rustiawan Department of Information Technology Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari, Indonesia
  • Babatunde Bamidele Oyeyemi Red River College Polytechnic, Canada
  • Abdul Syukur Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Province of China
  • Furizal Department of Research and Development, Peneliti Teknologi Teknik Indonesia, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.64539/sjer.v1i3.2025.10

Keywords:

AlexNet, Brain Tumor, Classification, CNN, GoogleNet

Abstract

Early detection of brain tumors through medical imaging is crucial to improving treatment success rates. This study aims to classify brain tumors using two deep learning models, AlexNet and GoogleNet, by testing three image sizes. The dataset used consists of four classes: glioma, no tumor, meningioma, and pituitary. The test results show that the AlexNet model achieves the best accuracy of 98% at a resolution of 150x150, while GoogleNet shows stable performance with the highest accuracy of 96% at both 150x150 and 200x200 resolutions. The medium resolution (150x150) proves to be optimal for both models, providing the best balance between visual information and processing efficiency. This study highlights the potential use of AlexNet and GoogleNet in brain tumor classification, with opportunities for performance improvement through further development, such as ensemble techniques and the use of a larger dataset.

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2025-07-23

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Muis, A., Rustiawan, A., Oyeyemi, B. B., Syukur, A., & Furizal. (2025). Early Detection of Brain Tumors: Performance Evaluation of AlexNet and GoogleNet on Different Medical Image Resolutions. Scientific Journal of Engineering Research, 1(3), 120–130. https://doi.org/10.64539/sjer.v1i3.2025.10

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