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Methods: Our proposed convolutional neural network (CNN) architecture effectively extracts relevant features from CT scans and classifies regions as normal or diseased. Additionally, the model accurately delineates the boundaries of detected aneurysms and dissections, aiding in clinical decision-making. A pyramid scene parsing network has been built in a hybrid method. The layer block after the classification layer is divided into two groups: whether there is an AAA or AAD region in the abdominal CT image, and determination of the borders of the detected diseased region in the medical image. Results: In this sense, both detection and segmentation are performed in AAA and AAD diseases. Python programming has been used to assess the accuracy and performance results of the proposed strategy. From the results, average accuracy rates of 83.48%, 86.9%, 88.25%, and 89.64% were achieved using ResDenseUNet, INet, C-Net, and the proposed strategy, respectively. Also, intersection over union (IoU) of 79.24%, 81.63%, 82.48%, and 83.76% have been achieved using ResDenseUNet, INet, C-Net, and the proposed method. Conclusions: The proposed strategy is a promising technique for automatically diagnosing AAA and AAD, thereby reducing the workload of cardiovascular surgeons.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics15192476","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,29]],"date-time":"2025-09-29T11:40:52Z","timestamp":1759146052000},"page":"2476","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Automatic Diagnosis, Classification, and Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection from Computed Tomography Images"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5512-4308","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hakan","family":"Baltaci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, Elazig Fethi Sekin City Hospital, Elaz\u0131\u011f 23280, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sercan","family":"Yalcin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Engineering, Adiyaman University, Adiyaman 02040, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1866-4721","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammed","family":"Yildirim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Engineering, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya 44210, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Harun","family":"Bingol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Software Engineering, Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Malatya 44210, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Singh, S. 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