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Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the existing world constituting one-third of the cancer cases. Benign skin cancers are not fatal, can be cured with proper medication. But it is not the same as the malignant skin cancers. In the…

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Cancerous skin lesions are one of the most common malignancies detected in humans, and if not detected at an early stage, they can lead to death. Therefore, it is crucial to have access to accurate results early on to optimize the chances…

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In this paper, the effectiveness and capability of convolutional neural networks have been studied in the classification of 8 skin diseases. Different pre-trained state-of-the-art architectures (DenseNet 201, ResNet 152, Inception v3,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-10-25 Amirreza Rezvantalab , Habib Safigholi , Somayeh Karimijeshni

The rapid advancement of deep learning in medical image analysis has greatly enhanced the accuracy of skin cancer classification. However, current state-of-the-art models, especially those based on transfer learning like ResNet50, come with…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-29 Abdullah Al Mamun , Pollob Chandra Ray , Md Rahat Ul Nasib , Akash Das , Jia Uddin , Md Nurul Absur

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. While curable with early detection, only highly trained specialists are capable of accurately recognizing the disease. As expertise is in limited supply, automated systems capable of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Noel Codella , Quoc-Bao Nguyen , Sharath Pankanti , David Gutman , Brian Helba , Allan Halpern , John R. Smith

Skin cancer detection still represents a major challenge in healthcare. Common detection methods can be lengthy and require human assistance which falls short in many countries. Previous research demonstrates how convolutional neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Carolin Flosdorf , Justin Engelker , Igor Keller , Nicolas Mohr

Skin cancer is a major public health problem, with over 5 million newly diagnosed cases in the United States each year. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, responsible for over 9,000 deaths each year. In this paper, we propose an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Balazs Harangi

This article presents a Deep CNN, based on the DenseNet architecture jointly with a highly discriminating learning methodology, in order to classify seven kinds of skin lesions: Melanoma, Melanocytic nevus, Basal cell carcinoma, Actinic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Pierluigi Carcagnì , Andrea Cuna , Cosimo Distante

This study focuses on automatic skin cancer detection using a Meta-learning approach for dermoscopic images. The aim of this study is to explore the benefits of the generalization of the knowledge extracted from non-medical data in the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Sara I. Garcia

The skin, as the largest organ of the human body, is vulnerable to a diverse array of conditions collectively known as skin lesions, which encompass various dermatoses. Diagnosing these lesions presents significant challenges for medical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Sauda Adiv Hanum , Ashim Dey , Muhammad Ashad Kabir

Skin cancer is a life-threatening disease where early detection significantly improves patient outcomes. Automated diagnosis from dermoscopic images is challenging due to high intra-class variability and subtle inter-class differences. Many…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Md. Enamul Atiq , Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

Melanoma is clinically difficult to distinguish from common benign skin lesions, particularly melanocytic naevus and seborrhoeic keratosis. The dermoscopic appearance of these lesions has huge intra-class variations and high inter-class…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Manu Goyal , Moi Hoon Yap , Saeed Hassanpour

Melanoma is one of the most serious skin cancers that can occur in any part of the human skin. Early diagnosis of melanoma lesions will significantly increase their chances of being cured. Improving melanoma segmentation will help doctors…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-12 Mohamad Taghizadeh , Karim Mohammadi

Skin lesions are an increasingly significant medical concern, varying widely in severity from benign to cancerous. Accurate diagnosis is essential for ensuring timely and appropriate treatment. This study examines the implementation of deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Xiaoyi Liu , Zhou Yu , Lianghao Tan , Yafeng Yan , Ge Shi

Melanoma is one of the ten most common cancers in the US. Early detection is crucial for survival, but often the cancer is diagnosed in the fatal stage. Deep learning has the potential to improve cancer detection rates, but its…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Devansh Bisla , Anna Choromanska , Jennifer A. Stein , David Polsky , Russell Berman

Medical data classification is typically a challenging task due to imbalance between classes. In this paper, we propose an approach to classify dermatoscopic images from HAM10000 (Human Against Machine with 10000 training images) dataset,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-05 Priscilla Benedetti , Damiano Perri , Marco Simonetti , Osvaldo Gervasi , Gianluca Reali , Mauro Femminella

Skin cancer is a serious worldwide health issue, precise and early detection is essential for better patient outcomes and effective treatment. In this research, we use modern deep learning methods and explainable artificial intelligence…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-19 Faysal Mahmud , Md. Mahin Mahfiz , Md. Zobayer Ibna Kabir , Yusha Abdullah

Skin cancer, the most common human malignancy, is primarily diagnosed visually by physicians [1]. Classification with an automated method like CNN [2, 3] shows potential for challenging tasks [1]. By now, the deep convolutional neural…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-13 Wenhao Zhang , Liangcai Gao , Runtao Liu

Melanoma is a prevalent lethal type of cancer that is treatable if diagnosed at early stages of development. Skin lesions are a typical indicator for diagnosing melanoma but they often led to delayed diagnosis due to high similarities of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Ruitong Sun , Mohammad Rostami

Skin cancer is among the most common cancer types. Dermoscopic image analysis improves the diagnostic accuracy for detection of malignant melanoma and other pigmented skin lesions when compared to unaided visual inspection. Hence,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-29 Amirreza Mahbod , Gerald Schaefer , Chunliang Wang , Rupert Ecker , Georg Dorffner , Isabella Ellinger