Convolutional Neural Networks based Focal Loss for Class Imbalance Problem: A Case Study of Canine Red Blood Cells Morphology Classification

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2001.03329v1
• Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 07:31:57 GMT
• Title: Convolutional Neural Networks based Focal Loss for Class Imbalance Problem: A Case Study of Canine Red Blood Cells Morphology Classification
• Authors: Kitsuchart Pasupa, Supawit Vatathanavaro, Suchat Tungjitnob
• Abstract summary: A misclassified red blood cell morphology will lead to false disease diagnosis and improper treatment. In the past decade, many approaches have been proposed for classifying human red blood cell morphology. A class imbalance problem can lead to a biased model towards the majority class.
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• Abstract: Morphologies of red blood cells are normally interpreted by a pathologist. It is time-consuming and laborious. Furthermore, a misclassified red blood cell morphology will lead to false disease diagnosis and improper treatment. Thus, a decent pathologist must truly be an expert in classifying red blood cell morphology. In the past decade, many approaches have been proposed for classifying human red blood cell morphology. However, those approaches have not addressed the class imbalance problem in classification. A class imbalance problem---a problem where the numbers of samples in classes are very different---is one of the problems that can lead to a biased model towards the majority class. Due to the rarity of every type of abnormal blood cell morphology, the data from the collection process are usually imbalanced. In this study, we aimed to solve this problem specifically for classification of dog red blood cell morphology by using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)---a well-known deep learning technique---in conjunction with a focal loss function, adept at handling class imbalance problem. The proposed technique was conducted on a well-designed framework: two different CNNs were used to verify the effectiveness of the focal loss function and the optimal hyper-parameters were determined by 5-fold cross-validation. The experimental results show that both CNNs models augmented with the focal loss function achieved higher $F_{1}$-scores, compared to the models augmented with a conventional cross-entropy loss function that does not address class imbalance problem. In other words, the focal loss function truly enabled the CNNs models to be less biased towards the majority class than the cross-entropy did in the classification task of imbalanced dog red blood cell data.

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