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Hybrid Quantum-Classical Networks Boost Blood Cell Classification Accuracy

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Researchers have developed a Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network (HQNN) architecture to improve the classification of blood cells in medical images. This approach combines a ResNet-50 backbone with a variational quantum circuit, demonstrating superior performance compared to purely classical models. Experiments showed a 3.7% improvement in macro F1-score on one dataset and a slight increase in F1-score on a more challenging 8-class scenario. The HQNN model also proved robust when tested on actual IBM quantum hardware, indicating practical potential for medical imaging tasks. AI

IMPACT Quantum-enhanced neural networks show promise for improving accuracy in specialized medical image analysis tasks.

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Hybrid Quantum-Classical Networks Boost Blood Cell Classification Accuracy

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Guilherme Cruz, Nouhaila Innan, Alberto Marchisio, Gabriel Falcao, Muhammad Shafique ·

    Enhancing Blood Cells Classification using Hybrid Quantum Neural Networks

    arXiv:2605.23324v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Accurate classification of microscopic blood cells is still a critical task in medical image analysis, where subtle variations and limited data can challenge conventional deep learning models. As such, we investigate in this work th…

  2. arXiv cs.CV TIER_1 English(EN) · Muhammad Shafique ·

    Enhancing Blood Cells Classification using Hybrid Quantum Neural Networks

    Accurate classification of microscopic blood cells is still a critical task in medical image analysis, where subtle variations and limited data can challenge conventional deep learning models. As such, we investigate in this work the potential of Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural N…

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