Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model Research Articles

Deep learning-based auditory attention decoding in listeners with hearing impairment.

This study develops a deep learning method for fast auditory attention decoding (AAD) using electroencephalography (EEG) from listeners with hearing impairment. It addresses three classification tasks: differentiating noise from speech-in-noise, classifying the direction of attended speech (left vs. right) and identifying the activation status of hearing aid noise reduction (NR) algorithms (OFF vs. ON). These tasks contribute to our understanding of how hearing technology influences auditory processing in the hearing-impaired population.
Method: Deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) models were designed for each task. Two training strategies were employed to clarify the impact of data splitting on AAD tasks: inter-trial, where the testing set used classification windows from trials that the training set hadn't seen, and intra-trial, where the testing set used unseen classification windows from trials where other segments were seen during training. The models were evaluated on EEG data from 31 participants with hearing impairment, listening to competing talkers amidst background noise.
Results: Using 1-second classification windows, DCNN models achieve accuracy (ACC) of 69.8\%, 73.3\% and 82.9\% and area-under-curve (AUC) of 77.2\%, 80.6\% and 92.1\% for the three tasks respectively on inter-trial strategy. In the intra-trial strategy, they achieved ACC of 87.9\%, 80.1\% and 97.5\%, along with AUC of 94.6\%, 89.1\%, and 99.8\%. Our DCNN models show good performance on short 1-second EEG samples, making them suitable for real-world applications.
Conclusion: Our DCNN models successfully addressed three tasks with short 1-second EEG windows from participants with hearing impairment, showcasing their potential. While the inter-trial strategy demonstrated promise for assessing AAD, the intra-trial approach yielded inflated results, underscoring the important role of proper data splitting in EEG-based AAD tasks.
Significance: Our findings showcase the promising potential of EEG-based tools for assessing auditory attention in clinical contexts and advancing hearing technology, while also promoting further exploration of alternative deep learning architectures and their potential constraints.

An Artificial Intelligence Driven Approach for Classification of Ophthalmic Images using Convolutional Neural Network: An Experimental Study.

Early disease detection is emphasized within ophthalmology now more than ever, and as a result, clinicians and innovators turn to deep learning to expedite accurate diagnosis and mitigate treatment delay. Efforts concentrate on the creation of deep learning systems that analyze clinical image data to detect disease-specific features with maximum sensitivity. Moreover, these systems hold promise of early accurate diagnosis and treatment of patients with common progressive diseases. DenseNet, ResNet, and VGG-16 are among a few of the deep learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithms that have been introduced and are being investigated for potential application within ophthalmology. In this study, the authors sought to create and evaluate a novel ensembled deep learning CNN model that analyzes a dataset of shuffled retinal color fundus images (RCFIs) from eyes with various ocular disease features (cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy). Our aim was to determine (1) the relative performance of our finalized model in classifying RCFIs according to disease and (2) the diagnostic potential of the finalized model to serve as a screening test for specific diseases (cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy) upon presentation of RCFIs with diverse disease manifestations. We found adding convolutional layers to an existing VGG-16 model, which was named as a proposed model in this article that, resulted in significantly increased performance with 98% accuracy (p<0.05), including good diagnostic potential for binary disease detection in cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy. The proposed model was found to be suitable and accurate for a decision support system in Ophthalmology Clinical Framework.

Explainable DCNN Decision Framework for Breast Lesion Classification from Ultrasound Images Based on Cancer Characteristics

In recent years, deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) have shown promising performance in medical image analysis, including breast lesion classification in 2D ultrasound (US) images. Despite the outstanding performance of DCNN solutions, explaining their decisions remains an open investigation. Yet, the explainability of DCNN models has become essential for healthcare systems to accept and trust the models. This paper presents a novel framework for explaining DCNN classification decisions of lesions in ultrasound images using the saliency maps linking the DCNN decisions to known cancer characteristics in the medical domain. The proposed framework consists of three main phases. First, DCNN models for classification in ultrasound images are built. Next, selected methods for visualization are applied to obtain saliency maps on the input images of the DCNN models. In the final phase, the visualization outputs and domain-known cancer characteristics are mapped. The paper then demonstrates the use of the framework for breast lesion classification from ultrasound images. We first follow the transfer learning approach and build two DCNN models. We then analyze the visualization outputs of the trained DCNN models using the EGrad-CAM and Ablation-CAM methods. We map the DCNN model decisions of benign and malignant lesions through the visualization outputs to the characteristics such as echogenicity, calcification, shape, and margin. A retrospective dataset of 1298 US images collected from different hospitals is used to evaluate the effectiveness of the framework. The test results show that these characteristics contribute differently to the benign and malignant lesions’ decisions. Our study provides the foundation for other researchers to explain the DCNN classification decisions of other cancer types.

Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Batu 55) ripeness parameters prediction using combined reflectance-fluorescence images and deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) regression model

This paper presents a novel approach for predicting the ripeness parameters of Mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulata Blanco cv. Batu 55) using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) regression model. The proposed method leverages the combined reflectance-fluorescence images of the fruit. The use of reflectance-fluorescence imaging enables the extraction of more features and information, which contributes to the accurate assessment of fruit ripeness. A comparison between the prediction model using a single Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image from both measurement modes and a combination image from both modes has been made. CNN regression model images with XSE_ResNet50 architecture to predict soluble solid content (SSC), acidity, firmness, and brix-acid ratio. Experimental results demonstrate that the fluorescence image (3 channels input) and the combined reflectance-fluorescence image (6 channels as input) accurately predict maturity parameters. The fluorescence image combined with DCNN performed well in predicting acidity and brix-acid ratio with R2 training/testing of 0.83/0.78 and 0.94/0.88 consecutively. For the SSC and firmness prediction, the reflectance-fluorescence (6 channels) images provide the best accuracy with R2 testing of 0.86/0.81 and 0.91/0.84. This accuracy is higher compared to the conventional image features-based model. Overall, these results show that reflectance-fluorescence images in a visible wavelength regime combined with the DCNN model could enhance the prediction accuracy of citrus maturity parameters.

Fine-grained food image classification and recipe extraction using a customized deep neural network and NLP

Global eating habits cause health issues leading people to mindful eating. This has directed attention to applying deep learning to food-related data. The proposed work develops a new framework integrating neural network and natural language processing for classification of food images and automated recipe extraction. It address the challenges of intra-class variability and inter-class similarity in food images that have received shallow attention in the literature. Firstly, a customized lightweight deep convolution neural network model, MResNet-50 for classifying food images is proposed. Secondly, automated ingredient processing and recipe extraction is done using natural language processing algorithms: Word2Vec and Transformers in conjunction. Thirdly, a representational semi-structured domain ontology is built to store the relationship between cuisine, food item, and ingredients. The accuracy of the proposed framework on the Food-101 and UECFOOD256 datasets is increased by 2.4% and 7.5%, respectively, outperforming existing models in literature such as DeepFood, CNN-Food, Wiser, and other pre-trained neural networks.

A novel hybrid deep CNN model for breast cancer classification using Lipschitz-based image augmentation and recursive feature elimination

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women worldwide. Despite its difficulties, the histopathological diagnosis must be used because modern imaging techniques cannot differentiate between benign and malignant tumors. This article introduces a hybrid deep learning method with recursive feature elimination for categorizing histopathology images of breast lesions as benign or malignant, using standard datasets, to increase diagnostic accuracy. The proposed four-stage model includes several novel techniques. First, a modified Lipschitz-based image augmentation technique is utilized to ensure a proportionate representation of various sample classes. K-fold cross-validation is employed to mitigate the bias that emerges from the selection of training and testing datasets. Then, for efficient feature extraction, a hybrid convolutional neural network (CNN) approach is used by integrating three CNNs (PResNet-34, FE-VGG-16, and M-AlexNet). With the proposed universum twin support vector machine-based recursive feature elimination technique, the initial 1,000 features extracted by each deep model are further reduced to 100. Finally, the deep features are subsequently combined into a set of 300 features, which are then fed into machine learning classifiers such as decision tree, k-nearest neighborhood, linear discriminant analysis, linear regression, and support vector machine. The results demonstrate that the proposed hybrid CNN model outperforms state-of-the-art techniques in accurately classifying breast lesions as benign or malignant, with an accuracy of 99.99 %, sensitivity of 99.56 %, specificity of 99.53 %, precision of 99.55 %, and F1 score of 99.77 %.

Review of Convolutional Neural Network Models and Image Classification

With the arrival of the era of big data and the improvement of computing power, deep learning has swept the world. Traditional image classification methods are difficult to deal with the huge image data, and cannot meet the requirements of people on the accuracy and speed of image classification, the image classification method based on convolutional neural network breaks through the bottleneck of the traditional image classification method, and becomes the mainstream algorithm of image classification, how to effectively use convolutional neural network to classify images has become a hot spot of research in the field of computer vision at home and abroad. In this paper, we review the research background, significance and current research status of convolutional neural network model and image classification, study two image classification methods based on ResNet and ShuffleNet, and provide a comprehensive review of the construction methods and characteristics of the two deep convolutional neural network model structures, and finally compare and analyse the performance of the two classification models.

Development of a novel deep convolutional neural network model for early detection of brain stroke using ct scan images

Development of a novel deep convolutional neural network model for early detection of brain stroke using ct scan images

Ensemble random forest and deep convolutional neural networks in detecting and classifying the multiple intrusions from near real‐time cloud datasets

AbstractDue to rapidly growing Internet facilities, intruders can steal and misuse the data saved and stored digitally. In this case, securing digital data is challenging but prominent for various purposes. However, the traditional techniques are insufficient to secure these computer networks and cloud information with a 100% success rate. Recently, machine‐ or deep‐learning‐enabled methods have been used to secure network information, but with some limits. Therefore, the study emphasizes detecting and classifying network intrusion using the proposed ensemble and deep learning models. In this case, we developed the ensemble learning‐enabled random forest algorithm and deep learning‐enabled deep convolutional neural network (CNN) models for securing near real‐time cloud information and designed the intrusion detection system accordingly. The complex and high‐volume CSE‐CICIDS2018 datasets were used to test the developed model in Python programming language implemented with several Python libraries. The outcome of the proposed models indicates that the developed models are promising in securing the cloud information with 97.73% and 99.91% accuracies via ensemble‐random forest and deep CNN models. Thus, the present study models can be applied to other real‐time datasets and computer networks to detect cyber threats effectively.

Multi-visual modality micro drone-based structural damage detection

Accurate detection and resilience of object detectors in structural damage detection are important in ensuring the continuous use of civil infrastructure. However, achieving robustness in object detectors remains a persistent challenge, impacting their ability to generalize effectively. This study proposes DetectorX, a robust framework for structural damage detection coupled with a micro drone. DetectorX addresses the challenges of object detector robustness by incorporating two innovative modules: a stem block and a spiral pooling technique. The stem block introduces a dynamic visual modality by leveraging the outputs of two Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) models. The framework employs the proposed event-based reward reinforcement learning to constrain the actions of a parent and child DCNN model leading to a reward. This results in the induction of two dynamic visual modalities alongside the Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) data. This enhancement significantly augments DetectorX's perception and adaptability in diverse environmental situations. Further, a spiral pooling technique, an online image augmentation method, strengthens the framework by increasing feature representations by concatenating spiraled and average/max pooled features. In three extensive experiments: (1) comparative and (2) robustness, which use the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Hub ImageNet dataset, and (3) field-experiment, DetectorX performed satisfactorily across varying metrics, including precision (0.88), recall (0.84), average precision (0.91), mean average precision (0.76), and mean average recall (0.73), compared to the competing detectors including You Only Look Once X-medium (YOLOX-m) and others. The study's findings indicate that DetectorX can provide satisfactory results and demonstrate resilience in challenging environments.

Cancerous and Non-Cancerous MRI Classification Using Dual DCNN Approach

Brain cancer is a life-threatening disease requiring close attention. Early and accurate diagnosis using non-invasive medical imaging is critical for successful treatment and patient survival. However, manual diagnosis by radiologist experts is time-consuming and has limitations in processing large datasets efficiently. Therefore, efficient systems capable of analyzing vast amounts of medical data for early tumor detection are urgently needed. Deep learning (DL) with deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) emerges as a promising tool for understanding diseases like brain cancer through medical imaging modalities, especially MRI, which provides detailed soft tissue contrast for visualizing tumors and organs. DL techniques have become more and more popular in current research on brain tumor detection. Unlike traditional machine learning methods requiring manual feature extraction, DL models are adept at handling complex data like MRIs and excel in classification tasks, making them well-suited for medical image analysis applications. This study presents a novel Dual DCNN model that can accurately classify cancerous and non-cancerous MRI samples. Our Dual DCNN model uses two well-performed DL models, i.e., inceptionV3 and denseNet121. Features are extracted from these models by appending a global max pooling layer. The extracted features are then utilized to train the model with the addition of five fully connected layers and finally accurately classify MRI samples as cancerous or non-cancerous. The fully connected layers are retrained to learn the extracted features for better accuracy. The technique achieves 99%, 99%, 98%, and 99% of accuracy, precision, recall, and f1-scores, respectively. Furthermore, this study compares the Dual DCNN’s performance against various well-known DL models, including DenseNet121, InceptionV3, ResNet architectures, EfficientNetB2, SqueezeNet, VGG16, AlexNet, and LeNet-5, with different learning rates. This study indicates that our proposed approach outperforms these established models in terms of performance.

PLANTS LEAF DISEASES DETECTION USING DEEP LEARNING

Agriculture field has a high impact on our life. Agriculture is the most important sector of our Economy. Proper management leads to a profit in agricultural products. Farmers do not expertise in leaf disease, so they produce less production. Plant leaf diseases detection is the important because profit and loss are depending on production. CNN is the solution for leaf disease detection and classification. Main aim of this research is to detect the apple, grape, corn, potato and tomato plants leaf diseases. Plant leaf diseases are monitoring of large fields of crops disease detection, and thus automatically detected some feature of diseases as per that provide medical treatment. Proposed Deep CNN model has been compared with popular transfer learning approach such as VGG16. Plant leaf disease detection has wide range of applications available in various fields such as Biological Research and in Agriculture Institute. Plant leaf disease detection is the one of the required research topics as it may prove benefits in monitoring large fields of crops, and thus automatically detect the symptoms of diseases as soon as they appear on plant leaves. Key Words: Diseases, CNN, Deep Learning

Construction of deep learning-based convolutional neural network model for automatic detection of fluid hysteroscopic endometrial micropolyps in infertile women with chronic endometritis

Objective(s)Chronic endometritis (CE) is a localized mucosal inflammatory disorder associated with female infertility of unknown etiology, endometriosis, tubal factors, repeated implantation failure, and recurrent pregnancy loss, along with atypical uterine bleeding and iron deficiency anemia. Diagnosis of CE has traditionally relied on endometrial biopsy and detection of CD138(+) endometrial stromal plasmacytes. To develop a less invasive diagnostic system for CE, we aimed to construct a deep learning-based convolutional neural network (CNN) model for the automatic detection of endometrial micropolyps (EMiP), a fluid hysteroscopy (F-HSC) finding recognized as tiny protrusive lesions that are closely related to this disease. Study designThis is an in silico study using archival images of F-HSC performed at an infertility center in a private clinic. A total of 244 infertile women undergoing F-HSC on the days 6–12 of the menstrual cycle between April 2019 and December 2021 with histopathologically-confirmed CE with the aid of immunohistochemistry for CD138 were utilized. ResultsThe archival F-HSC images of 208 women (78 with EMiP and 130 without EMiP) who met the inclusion criteria were finally subjected to analysis. Following preprocessing of the images, half a set was input into a CNN architecture for training, whereas the remaining images were utilized as the test set to evaluate the performance of the model, which was compared with that of the experienced gynecologists. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, precision, and F1-score of the CNN model-aided diagnosis were 93.6 %, 92.3 %, 92.8 %, 88.0 %, and 0.907, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curves of the CNN model-aided diagnosis (0.930) was at a similar level (p > .05) to the value of conventional diagnosis by three experienced gynecologists (0.927, 0.948, and 0.906). ConclusionThese findings indicate that our deep learning-based CNN is capable of recognizing EMiP in F-HSC images and holds promise for further development of the computer-aided diagnostic system for CE.

The Classification of Lumbar Spondylolisthesis X-Ray Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks.

We aimed to develop and validate a deep convolutional neural network (DCNN) model capable of accurately identifying spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis on lateral or dynamic X-ray images. A total of 2449 lumbar lateral and dynamic X-ray images were collected from two tertiary hospitals. These images were categorized into lumbar spondylolysis (LS), degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS), and normal lumbar in a proportional manner. Subsequently, the images were randomly divided into training, validation, and test sets to establish a classification recognition network. The model training and validation process utilized the EfficientNetV2-M network. The model's ability to generalize was assessed by conducting a rigorous evaluation on an entirely independent test set and comparing its performance with the diagnoses made by three orthopedists and three radiologists. The evaluation metrics employed to assess the model's performance included accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and F1 score. Additionally, the weight distribution of the network was visualized using gradient-weighted class activation mapping (Grad-CAM). For the doctor group, accuracy ranged from 87.9 to 90.0% (mean, 89.0%), precision ranged from 87.2 to 90.5% (mean, 89.0%), sensitivity ranged from 87.1 to 91.0% (mean, 89.2%), specificity ranged from 93.7 to 94.7% (mean, 94.3%), and F1 score ranged from 88.2 to 89.9% (mean, 89.1%). The DCNN model had accuracy of 92.0%, precision of 91.9%, sensitivity of 92.2%, specificity of 95.7%, and F1 score of 92.0%. Grad-CAM exhibited concentrations of highlighted areas in the intervertebral foraminal region. We developed a DCNN model that intelligently distinguished spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis on lumbar lateral or lumbar dynamic radiographs.

DRESCNN: Deep RESNET Convolutional Neural Network Based Classification of X-Ray Images for Detection of COVID-19

In this research work a solution is proposed to address the challenges for detection of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Infection through an innovative healthcare framework. The proposed system leverages predictive analytics on patient information and facilitates consultation, eliminating the delay in diagnosis and treatment. The solution is modular, encompassing various health services, thereby consolidating major healthcare concerns under one unified platform. The images are the inputs for the models provided on this platform which are passed to the preprocessing algorithm followed by passing to pretrained models or an algorithm to analyze and predict the disease. Finally, classification of the images of X-ray for COVID-19 Infection detection using Deep Convolutional Neural Network Models like ResNet50, InceptionNet, MobileNet are used at a detailed level. After classifying these X-ray images with different CNN variants, a majority voting is applied for selecting more accurate class label. It is observed that ResNet50 is giving highest accuracy frequently. Hence Deep ResNet Convolutional Neural Network (DResCNN) is used. This proposed solution not only tackles the critical issue of delayed decision-making and treatment but also introduces cost-effective measures by minimizing the need for extensive hospital visits.

Proactive Analysis and Detection of Cyber-attacks using Deep Learning Techniques

Objectives: This study objective is to create a proactive forensic framework with a classification model to identify the malicious content to avoid cyber-attacks. Methods: In this proposed work, a novel framework is introduced to analyze and detect network attacks before it happens. It monitors the network packet flow, captures the packets, analyzes the packet flow proactively, and detects cyber-attacks using different machine learning algorithms and Deep Convolution Neural network (CNN) technique. The KDD dataset is used in this experiment with 30% for testing and 80% for training. Findings: The simulation results show that the detection percentage of the proposed framework reaches a maximum of 95.92% in different scenarios. It is approximately 10% higher than the existing proactive frameworks for example Gawand’s model, Ahmetoglu’s model and many more. Novelty and applications: The proposed framework is a proactive model which detects the cyber-attack in prior to avoid cyber-attacks. The deep CNN model highly efficient for detecting cyber-attack. Keywords: Proactive Forensic Framework, Deep CNN, Classification Algorithms, Cyber attack detection, Intrusion Detection System

The Value of Computer Vision in Identifying the Bone of Dialysis Patients.

In the end stage of kidney disease, abnormal levels of blood calcium, phosphorus, and parathyroid hormone lead to bone metabolism disorders, manifesting as osteoporosis or fibrocystic osteoarthritis. X-ray, CT, and MR are useful for detecting bone lesions in dialysis patients, but currently, computer vision has not yet been used for this purpose. ResNet is a powerful deep CNN model, which has not yet been used to distinguish between the bones of dialysis patients and healthy people. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the ability of the Resnet50 model to identify the bone of dialysis patients from normal bone. CT images of 200 cases (100 dialysis patients and 100 healthy people aged 31-72 years with male:female ratio of 51:49) were randomly divided into the training and testing groups at the ratio of 8:2. The module of 'torch' was used to train the model of Resnet50 for the current task of image classification. In the test cohort, the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity with hyper-parameter=0 were 60%, 65%, and 55%, respectively. When the hyper-parameter was 0.6 or 0.7 versus 0, the accuracy was significantly higher (P<0.05). When the hyper-parameter was another number, the accuracy was not significantly different from that with no hyper-parameter (P>0.05). This study has indicated computer vision to be suitable for identifying bone changes caused by dialysis; a hyper-parameter has been found necessary for improving model accuracy. The ResNet50 model with hyper-parameter = 0.7 has exhibited 90% sensitivity in identifying the bone of dialysis patients.

Deep learning-based image annotation for leukocyte segmentation and classification of blood cell morphology

The research focuses on the segmentation and classification of leukocytes, a crucial task in medical image analysis for diagnosing various diseases. The leukocyte dataset comprises four classes of images such as monocytes, lymphocytes, eosinophils, and neutrophils. Leukocyte segmentation is achieved through image processing techniques, including background subtraction, noise removal, and contouring. To get isolated leukocytes, background mask creation, Erythrocytes mask creation, and Leukocytes mask creation are performed on the blood cell images. Isolated leukocytes are then subjected to data augmentation including brightness and contrast adjustment, flipping, and random shearing, to improve the generalizability of the CNN model. A deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model is employed on augmented dataset for effective feature extraction and classification. The deep CNN model consists of four convolutional blocks having eleven convolutional layers, eight batch normalization layers, eight Rectified Linear Unit (ReLU) layers, and four dropout layers to capture increasingly complex patterns. For this research, a publicly available dataset from Kaggle consisting of a total of 12,444 images of four types of leukocytes was used to conduct the experiments. Results showcase the robustness of the proposed framework, achieving impressive performance metrics with an accuracy of 97.98% and precision of 97.97%. These outcomes affirm the efficacy of the devised segmentation and classification approach in accurately identifying and categorizing leukocytes. The combination of advanced CNN architecture and meticulous pre-processing steps establishes a foundation for future developments in the field of medical image analysis.

Deep transfer learning with fuzzy ensemble approach for the early detection of breast cancer

Breast Cancer is a significant global health challenge, particularly affecting women with higher mortality compared with other cancer types. Timely detection of such cancer types is crucial, and recent research, employing deep learning techniques, shows promise in earlier detection. The research focuses on the early detection of such tumors using mammogram images with deep-learning models. The paper utilized four public databases where a similar amount of 986 mammograms each for three classes (normal, benign, malignant) are taken for evaluation. Herein, three deep CNN models such as VGG-11, Inception v3, and ResNet50 are employed as base classifiers. The research adopts an ensemble method where the proposed approach makes use of the modified Gompertz function for building a fuzzy ranking of the base classification models and their decision scores are integrated in an adaptive manner for constructing the final prediction of results. The classification results of the proposed fuzzy ensemble approach outperform transfer learning models and other ensemble approaches such as weighted average and Sugeno integral techniques. The proposed ResNet50 ensemble network using the modified Gompertz function-based fuzzy ranking approach provides a superior classification accuracy of 98.986%.

Sleep-Deep-Learner is taught sleep-wake scoring by the end-user to complete each record in their style.

Sleep-wake scoring is a time-consuming, tedious but essential component of clinical and preclinical sleep research. Sleep scoring is even more laborious and challenging in rodents due to the smaller EEG amplitude differences between states and the rapid state transitions which necessitate scoring in shorter epochs. Although many automated rodent sleep scoring methods exist, they do not perform as well when scoring new datasets, especially those which involve changes in the EEG/EMG profile. Thus, manual scoring by expert scorers remains the gold standard. Here we take a different approach to this problem by using a neural network to accelerate the scoring of expert scorers. Sleep-Deep-Learner creates a bespoke deep convolution neural network model for individual electroencephalographic or local-field-potential (LFP) records via transfer learning of GoogLeNet, by learning from a small subset of manual scores of each EEG/LFP record as provided by the end-user. Sleep-Deep-Learner then automates scoring of the remainder of the EEG/LFP record. A novel REM sleep scoring correction procedure further enhanced accuracy. Sleep-Deep-Learner reliably scores EEG and LFP data and retains sleep-wake architecture in wild-type mice, in sleep induced by the hypnotic zolpidem, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease and in a genetic knock-down study, when compared to manual scoring. Sleep-Deep-Learner reduced manual scoring time to 1/12. Since Sleep-Deep-Learner uses transfer learning on each independent recording, it is not biased by previously scored existing datasets. Thus, we find Sleep-Deep-Learner performs well when used on signals altered by a drug, disease model, or genetic modification.