# Med-IC: Fusing a Single Layer Involution with Convolutions for Enhanced Medical Image Classification and Segmentation Source: [Med-IC: Fusing a Single Layer Involution with Convolutions for Enhanced Medical Image Classification and Segmentation]() Collection index: [llms.txt]() Data updated: 2025-10-26T03:22:19.696Z Authors: Md. Farhadul Islam, Sarah Zabeen, Meem Arafat Manab, Mohammad Rakibul Hasan Mahin, Joyanta Jyoti Mondal, Md. Tanzim Reza, Md Zahidul Hasan, Munima Haque, Farig Sadeque, Jannatun Noor Published: 2024-09-27T07:44:07.000Z ## Abstract The majority of medical images, especially those that resemble cells, have similar characteristics. These images, which occur in a variety of shapes, often show abnormalities in the organ or cell region. The convolution operation possesses a restricted capability to extract visual patterns across several spatial regions of an image. The involution process, which is the inverse operation of convolution, complements this inherent lack of spatial information extraction present in convolutions. In this study, we investigate how applying a single layer of involution prior to a convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture can significantly improve classification and segmentation performance, with a comparatively negligible amount of weight parameters. The study additionally shows how excessive use of involution layers might result in inaccurate predictions in a particular type of medical image. According to our findings from experiments, the strategy of adding only a single involution layer before a CNN-based model outperforms most of the previous works. ## Recorded benchmark results A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage. ## Original sources and implementation [Original paper]() [PDF]()