IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
Vol 15, No 3: June 2026

Brain tumor detection using VGG-16 model

Aicha Oussous (Mohammed V University in Rabat)
Abderrahmane Ez-zahout (Mohammed V University in Rabat)
Soumia Ziti (Mohammed V University in Rabat)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2026

Abstract

Research in medical image analysis, specifically through deep convolutional networks, addresses the challenges of manually analyzing large magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image volumes for brain tumor detection. The manual analysis is time-consuming, tedious, and prone to inaccuracies due to subtle visual similarities between normal tissue and tumor cells. This research aims to automate tumor detection, increasing accuracy and efficiency in medical treatments. This study aimed to develop a model capable of classifying brain tumors 2D MRI images, and the convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model successfully achieved an accuracy of 99.21% but suffered from noticeable Overfitting. Implementing the independent tests set and early stopping mitigated this issue, making the model more reliable for production deployment and demonstrating its potential in supporting physicians in detecting brain tumors, thereby enhancing treatment efficiency. The use of Python, TensorFlow, and Keras facilitated the development of the proposed solution, focusing on a diverse set of MRI images with varying tumor sizes, locations, shapes, and intensities.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJAI

Publisher

Subject

Computer Science & IT Engineering

Description

IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI) publishes articles in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The scope covers all artificial intelligence area and its application in the following topics: neural networks; fuzzy logic; simulated biological evolution algorithms (like ...