A Lightweight Hybrid CNN–CBAM Model for Multistage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Classification from Peripheral Blood Smear Images
Accurate and efficient classification of hematological malignancies from peripheral blood smear (PBS) images remains challenging due to the scarcity of annotated datasets, staining variability, and subtle morphological differences among blood cancer sub-types. To address these limitations, this study proposes an Advanced Lightweight Deep Learning (ALDL) framework for the multi-class classification of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) across four clinically significant stages: Benign, Pro-B, Pre-B, and Early Pre-B. The framework integrates EfficientNetV2-S with Convolutional Block Attention Modules (CBAM) to enhance […]