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The dataset was split into training and testing subsets with a ratio of 7:3. In addition, the number of training samples in the dataset was increased from 656 to 1,968 by performing an image augmentation method. Two deep transfer learning models namely, DenseNet201 and ResNet152V2, and the ensemble model with a concatenation of two models, were trained and tested using CT images. RESULTS: The ensemble model obtained the highest accuracy of 100% on the testing dataset. Furthermore, we received the best performance of 100% in recall, precision and f1-score value for the ensemble model. This supports the fact that the ensemble model results in better-generalized model and leads to efficient framework. Although a 0.004 and 0.003 difference were seen between the AUC of two base models (DenseNet201 and ResNet152V2) and the proposed ensemble, this increase in the model quality is critical in medical research. T-SNE revealed that in the proposed ensemble, no points were clustered into the wrong class. These results expose the strong performance of the proposed ensemble. 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