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We propose a novel deep learning model for classifying medical images in the setting where there is a large amount of unlabelled medical data available, but labelled data is in limited supply. We consider the specific case of classifying…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Antonia Creswell , Alison Pouplin , Anil A Bharath

Over the last decades, the incidence of skin cancer, melanoma and non-melanoma, has increased at a continuous rate. In particular for melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, early detection is important to increase patient prognosis.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-30 Breno Krohling , Pedro B. C. Castro , Andre G. C. Pacheco , Renato A. Krohling

Skin cancer is a major public health problem that could benefit from computer-aided diagnosis to reduce the burden of this common disease. Skin lesion segmentation from images is an important step toward achieving this goal. However, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-21 Zahra Mirikharaji , Kumar Abhishek , Alceu Bissoto , Catarina Barata , Sandra Avila , Eduardo Valle , M. Emre Celebi , Ghassan Hamarneh

In this study, a multi-task deep neural network is proposed for skin lesion analysis. The proposed multi-task learning model solves different tasks (e.g., lesion segmentation and two independent binary lesion classifications) at the same…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-06 Xulei Yang , Zeng Zeng , Si Yong Yeo , Colin Tan , Hong Liang Tey , Yi Su

Skin cancer is one of the most prevalent and deadly forms of cancer worldwide, highlighting the critical importance of early detection and diagnosis in improving patient outcomes. Deep learning (DL) has shown significant promise in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Runhao Liu , Ziming Chen , Guangzhen Yao , Peng Zhang

The incidence rate for skin cancer has been steadily increasing throughout the world, leading to it being a serious issue. Diagnosis at an early stage has the potential to drastically reduce the harm caused by the disease, however, the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-27 Soham Bhosale

Deep learning with medical data often requires larger samples sizes than are available at single providers. While data sharing among institutions is desirable to train more accurate and sophisticated models, it can lead to severe privacy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-12-05 Brett K. Beaulieu-Jones , William Yuan , Samuel G. Finlayson , Zhiwei Steven Wu

Melanoma classification is a serious stage to identify the skin disease. It is considered a challenging process due to the intra-class discrepancy of melanomas, skin lesions low contrast, and the artifacts in the dermoscopy images,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Yanhui Guo , Amira S. Ashour

The incidence of malignant melanoma continues to increase worldwide. This cancer can strike at any age; it is one of the leading causes of loss of life in young persons. Since this cancer is visible on the skin, it is potentially detectable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-01-29 Nabin K. Mishra , M. Emre Celebi

Skin Cancer is one of the most deathful of all the cancers. It is bound to spread to different parts of the body on the off chance that it is not analyzed and treated at the beginning time. It is mostly because of the abnormal growth of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Rishu Garg , Saumil Maheshwari , Anupam Shukla

Skin cancer is one of the most common and deadliest types of cancer. Early diagnosis of skin cancer at a benign stage is critical to reducing cancer mortality. To detect skin cancer at an earlier stage an automated system is compulsory that…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Md Sirajul Islam , Sanjeev Panta

Melanoma is a fatal skin cancer that is curable and has dramatically increasing survival rate when diagnosed at early stages. Learning-based methods hold significant promise for the detection of melanoma from dermoscopic images. However,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-06 Saban Ozturk , Tolga Cukur

Early detection of skin cancers like melanoma is crucial to ensure high chances of survival for patients. Clinical application of Deep Learning (DL)-based Decision Support Systems (DSS) for skin cancer screening has the potential to improve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Adriano Lucieri , Andreas Dengel , Sheraz Ahmed

Annotated images and ground truth for the diagnosis of rare and novel diseases are scarce. This is expected to prevail, considering the small number of affected patient population and limited clinical expertise to annotate images. Further,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Karthik Desingu , Mirunalini P. , Aravindan Chandrabose

Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has seen a steady increase in incidence rates worldwide, posing a significant challenge to dermatologists. Early detection is crucial for improving patient survival rates. However, performing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Vullnet Useini , Stephanie Tanadini-Lang , Quentin Lohmeyer , Mirko Meboldt , Nicolaus Andratschke , Ralph P. Braun , Javier Barranco García

Skin cancer detection is challenging since different types of skin lesions share high similarities. This paper proposes a computer-based deep learning approach that will accurately identify different kinds of skin lesions. Deep learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Mst Shapna Akter , Hossain Shahriar , Sweta Sneha , Alfredo Cuzzocrea

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

Skin lesion is a severe disease in world-wide extent. Early detection of melanoma in dermoscopy images significantly increases the survival rate. However, the accurate recognition of melanoma is extremely challenging due to the following…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-23 Yuexiang Li , Linlin Shen

Automatic skin lesion segmentation on dermoscopic images is an essential step in computer-aided diagnosis of melanoma. However, this task is challenging due to significant variations of lesion appearances across different patients. This…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-09-29 Yading Yuan , Yeh-Chi Lo

Skin diseases are among the most prevalent health concerns worldwide, yet conventional diagnostic methods are often costly, complex, and unavailable in low-resource settings. Automated classification using deep learning has emerged as a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-08 Asif Newaz , Masum Mushfiq Ishti , A Z M Ashraful Azam , Asif Ur Rahman Adib