An Explainable Hybrid Deep Learning Framework with Adaptive Multi-Level Feature Fusion for Early Thyroid Nodule Detection and Classification Using Ultrasound Images
Thyroid ultrasound is widely used to assess thyroid nodules, but reliable interpretation remains challenging because ultrasound images are affected by speckle noise, weak contrast, heterogeneous tissue patterns, and indistinct lesion boundaries. These difficulties become more pronounced for small or irregular nodules....