Comparison of Neural Network Training Functions for Hematoma Classification in Brain CT Images

Classification is one of the most important task in application areas of artificial neural networks (ANN).Training neural networks is a complex task in the supervised learning field of research. The main difficulty in adopting ANN is to find the most appropriate combination of learning, transfer and training function for the classification task. We compared the performances of three types of training algorithms in feed forward neural network for brain hematoma classification. In this work we have selected Gradient Descent based backpropagation, Gradient Descent with momentum, Resilence backpropogation algorithms. Under conjugate based algorithms, Scaled Conjugate back propagation, Conjugate Gradient backpropagation with Polak-Riebreupdates(CGP) and Conjugate Gradient backpropagation with Fletcher-Reeves updates (CGF).The last category is Quasi Newton based algorithm, under this BFGS, Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms are selected. Proposed work compared training algorithm on the basis of mean square error, accuracy, rate of convergence and correctness of the classification. Our conclusion about the training functions is based on the simulation results.