Vinutha K.

Work place: Department of Information Science and Engineering BMS Institute of Technology & Management, India

E-mail: vinuthak.90@bmsit.in

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Biography

Vinutha K. obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Channabasaveshwara Institute of Technology, Tumkur, in 20 . She subsequently completed her Master’s degree in omputer Science and Engineering from AMC Engineering College in 2013, and earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from VTU, Belagavi, in 2023. She has significant teaching experience and is actively involved in research, focusing on prediction models using machine learning techniques. She has published more than 15 papers in reputed international journals and conferences and has delivered over 10 invited talks in the domains of Machine Learning and RPA. Her research interests include Machine Learning and Data Mining. She is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association.

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Automated Tuberculosis and Lung Cancer Co-detection using Dual-Path ConvNet–ViT Hybrid Framework Architecture

By Vinutha K. CH. Bhavani Karthi Govindharaju A. V. Subbarao Spandana Shivanadhuni Tummala Ranga Babu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijigsp.2026.05.02, Pub. Date: 8 Oct. 2026

Tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer remain leading causes of mortality worldwide, emphasizing the need for reliable automated diagnostic systems. Existing deep learning approaches typically address segmentation and classification as independent tasks or rely on loosely coupled hybrid architectures, limiting joint optimization and interpretability. To address these limitations, this work proposes a Dual-Path ConvNet–Vision Transformer (ViT) hybrid framework for simultaneous pulmonary disease classification and lesion segmentation. Unlike fully shared multi-task models, the proposed design integrates convolutional feature extraction for classification with transformer-based global context modeling for segmentation, followed by feature-level fusion to enhance diagnostic consistency. The framework is evaluated on the IQ-OTH/NCCD dataset, achieving an accuracy of 0.950, recall of 0.951, precision of 0.947, specificity of 0.975, F1-score of 0.949, and AUC of 0.963. Results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid approach provides robust and interpretable performance for pulmonary disease co-analysis while maintaining architectural flexibility.

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