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Deep learning algorithms have gained popularity in developing automated computer-aided diagnostic systems to solve the difficulties associated with manual assessment. This article introduces an innovative hybrid approach to effectively and accurately categorizing cervical cells. The proposed model employs advanced data enhancement techniques, including resampling to address class imbalance and augmentation (e.g., random horizontal flips and rotations) to increase dataset diversity and improve generalization. These strategies help the model handle different types of data more effectively, making it more adaptable and reliable in real-world scenarios. We use Vision Transformer\u2019s (ViT) linear projection and position embedding to change the input images into patches that can be sent to a transformer encoder. A fusion architecture is established by incorporating supplementary convolutional layers, followed by a fully connected layer, to improve the features extracted by the model. 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