YOLOv11s outperforms transformer-based RF-DETR for brain tumor detection on MRI

YOLOv11s achieved 95.2% mAP@50, 93.6% precision, 91% recall, outperforming transformer-based RF-DETR (94.3% mAP@50, 90.6% precision, 85% recall) in brain tumor MRI.

• YOLOv11s demonstrated higher precision (93.6% vs. 90.6%) and recall (91% vs. 85%) compared with RF-DETR(small).
• RF-DETR(small) showed better localization at stricter IoU thresholds, suggesting complementary strengths.
• The primary limitation was ensuring a fair comparison between fundamentally different detection paradigms with distinct optimization settings.

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