Robert R.

Work place: Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Tamil Nadu, India

E-mail: robertrr4231@gmail.com

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Research Interests: Machine Learning

Biography

Mr. R. Robert received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Francis Xavier Engineering College in 2014, under Anna University, and his M.E. degree in Applied Electronics from SCAD College of Engineering and Technology in 2017, affiliated with Anna University, Chennai. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the field of Medical Image Processing at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education (KARE). In addition, he is enrolled in a Post Graduate Certification Program in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at IIIT Kottayam, offered in hybrid mode. He serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Stella Mary’s College of Engineering, Nagercoil, and also holds the position of Vice President at Delta Box Technologies, where he actively contributes to innovation and industry collaboration. Mr. Robert has published more than 10 research papers in reputed international journals and has presented five papers at national and international conferences. He has also organized several sponsored seminars, workshops, faculty development programmes, and international conferences. His research interests include Medical Image Processing, Internet of Things (IoT), and Machine Learning.

Author Articles
An Explainable AI Framework for Lung Cancer Detection Using Crested Porcupine Optimized Channel-Attention Inceptionresnet

By Robert R. Muneeswaran V. Jose Saji Kumar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijitcs.2026.01.09, Pub. Date: 8 Feb. 2026

Lung cancer is a main reason of death globally, and reducing death rates and enhancing treatment results depend heavily on quick identification. However, medical image diagnosis, including Computed Tomography (CT) scans, is difficult and demands a high level of experience. This research proposes a comprehensive and interpretable Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) structure to identify lung cancer from medical images. The workflow initiates with an Adaptive Savitzky-Golay Filter, effectively enhancing image quality by smoothing while preserving critical structural edges. Hierarchical Adaptive Cluster Refinement (HACR) is then used for precise segmentation, adaptively identifying abnormal lung regions with high accuracy. For feature extraction, the proposed system utilizes the Deep Statistical Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (DS-GLCM) approach, which captures deep spatial and statistical texture features essential for distinguishing cancerous tissue. At last stage, classification is performed using a novel Deep Learning (DL) model Crested Porcupine Optimized (CPO) Channel-Attention (CA) InceptionResNet.  The CPO algorithm is exploited to tune the CA- InceptionResNet model's hyperparameters. To ensure transparency and reliability in clinical use, Explainable AI (XAI) technique- Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations (LIME) is used for visual interpretability, highlighting regions in CT images that contribute the most to model forecasts, thus boosting clinician trust and decision-making. The entire framework is implemented in Python, and experimental results on benchmark lung cancer imaging datasets demonstrate its superior performance in terms of performance metrics with an accuracy of 98.18% with sensitivity of 95.94 % and specificity of 99.10%. The combination of advanced DL and explainable AI makes the proposed framework a promising solution for lung cancer diagnosis.

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