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Convolutional Neural Networks have demonstrated dermatologist-level performance in the classification of melanoma from skin lesion images, but prediction irregularities due to biases seen within the training data are an issue that should be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Peter J. Bevan , Amir Atapour-Abarghouei

The rising incidence of skin cancer, coupled with limited public awareness and a shortfall in clinical expertise, underscores an urgent need for advanced diagnostic aids. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a promising tool in this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Hamideh Khaleghpour , Brett McKinney

In this paper we survey, analyze and criticize current art on automated melanoma screening, reimplementing a baseline technique, and proposing two novel ones. Melanoma, although highly curable when detected early, ends as one of the most…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-05-10 Michel Fornaciali , Micael Carvalho , Flávia Vasques Bittencourt , Sandra Avila , Eduardo Valle

Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer, which is responsible for the majority of skin cancer-related deaths. Early diagnosis of melanoma can significantly reduce mortality rates and treatment costs. Therefore, skin cancer…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2021-12-13 Shereen Afifi , Hamid GholamHosseini , Roopak Sinha

Skin cancer is by far in top-3 of the world's most common cancer. Among different skin cancer types, melanoma is particularly dangerous because of its ability to metastasize. Early detection is the key to success in skin cancer treatment.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Duyen N. T. Le , Hieu X. Le , Lua T. Ngo , Hoan T. Ngo

Lung cancer is the leading reason behind cancer-related deaths within the world. Early detection of lung nodules is vital for increasing the survival rate of cancer patients. Traditionally, physicians should manually identify the world…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-31 Hasan Hejbari Zargar , Saha Hejbari Zargar , Raziye Mehri , Farzane Tajidini

In the last two decades Computer Aided Diagnostics (CAD) systems were developed to help radiologists analyze screening mammograms. The benefits of current CAD technologies appear to be contradictory and they should be improved to be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-11-10 Dezső Ribli , Anna Horváth , Zsuzsa Unger , Péter Pollner , István Csabai

Skin cancer is one of the major types of cancers with an increasing incidence over the past decades. Accurately diagnosing skin lesions to discriminate between benign and malignant skin lesions is crucial to ensure appropriate patient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-26 Amirreza Mahbod , Gerald Schaefer , Chunliang Wang , Rupert Ecker , Isabella Ellinger

Early detection of melanoma has grown to be essential because it significantly improves survival rates, but automated analysis of skin lesions still remains challenging. ABCDE, which stands for Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-17 Harsha Kotla , Arun Kumar Rajasekaran , Hannah Rana

Identifying the mutations that drive cancer growth is key in clinical decision making and precision oncology. As driver mutations confer selective advantage and thus have an increased likelihood of occurrence, frequency-based statistical…

Genomics · Quantitative Biology 2021-05-04 Adnan Akbar , Andrey Solovyev , John W Cassidy , Nirmesh Patel , Harry W Clifford

Skin lesion datasets consist predominantly of normal samples with only a small percentage of abnormal ones, giving rise to the class imbalance problem. Also, skin lesion images are largely similar in overall appearance owing to the low…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-29 Hasib Zunair , A. Ben Hamza

Melanoma represents a critical health risk due to its aggressive progression and high mortality, underscoring the need for early, interpretable diagnostic tools. While deep learning has advanced in skin lesion classification, most existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Ciro Listone , Aniello Murano

Melanoma spreads through metastasis, and therefore it has been proven to be very fatal. Statistical evidence has revealed that the majority of deaths resulting from skin cancer are as a result of melanoma. Further investigations have shown…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-01-07 Omar Abuzaghleh , Miad Faezipour , Buket D. Barkana

Melanoma is considered to be the deadliest variant of skin cancer causing around 75\% of total skin cancer deaths. To diagnose Melanoma, clinicians assess and compare multiple skin lesions of the same patient concurrently to gather…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Md Awsafur Rahman , Bishmoy Paul , Tanvir Mahmud , Shaikh Anowarul Fattah

Collectively, lung cancer, breast cancer and melanoma was diagnosed in over 535,340 people out of which, 209,400 deaths were reported [13]. It is estimated that over 600,000 people will be diagnosed with these forms of cancer in 2015. Most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2015-09-29 Mohnish Chakravarti , Tanay Kothari

Deep learning techniques have shown their superior performance in dermatologist clinical inspection. Nevertheless, melanoma diagnosis is still a challenging task due to the difficulty of incorporating the useful dermatologist clinical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-03 Xiaohong Wang , Xudong Jiang , Henghui Ding , Yuqian Zhao , Jun Liu

Automated Computer Aided diagnostic tools can be used for the early detection of glaucoma to prevent irreversible vision loss. In this work, we present a Multi-task Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) that jointly segments the Optic Disc…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Arunava Chakravarty , Jayanthi Sivswamy

Deep Learning (DL) approaches have been providing state-of-the-art performance in different modalities in the field of medical imagining including Digital Pathology Image Analysis (DPIA). Out of many different DL approaches, Deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-22 Md Zahangir Alom , Theus Aspiras , Tarek M. Taha , Vijayan K. Asari , TJ Bowen , Dave Billiter , Simon Arkell

We describe a software toolbox for the configuration of deep neural networks in the domain of skin cancer classification. The implemented software architecture allows developers to quickly set up new convolutional neural network (CNN)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-23 Fabrizio Nunnari , Daniel Sonntag

Breast cancer is one of the most major causes of death among women, after lung cancer. Breast cancer detection advancements can increase the survival rate of patients through earlier detection. Breast cancer that can be detected by using…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-26 Kashif Ishaq , Muhammad Mustagis