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Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms using deep learning have advanced the classification of skin disease images; however these algorithms have been mostly applied "in silico" and not validated clinically. Most dermatology AI algorithms…

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Skin tone as a demographic bias and inconsistent human labeling poses challenges in dermatology AI. We take another angle to investigate color contrast's impact, beyond skin tones, on malignancy detection in skin disease datasets: We…

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AI algorithms have become valuable in aiding professionals in healthcare. The increasing confidence obtained by these models is helpful in critical decision demands. In clinical dermatology, classification models can detect malignant…

Understanding how facial affect analysis (FAA) systems perform across different demographic groups requires reliable measurement of sensitive attributes such as ancestry, often approximated by skin tone, which itself is highly influenced by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Ana M. Cabanas , Alma Pedro , Domingo Mery

Dermatological conditions affect 1.9 billion people globally, yet accurate diagnosis remains challenging due to limited specialist availability and complex clinical presentations. Family history significantly influences skin disease…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Satya Narayana Panda , Vaishnavi Kukkala , Spandana Iyer

Addressing fairness in lesion classification from dermatological images is crucial due to variations in how skin diseases manifest across skin tones. However, the absence of skin tone labels in public datasets hinders building a fair…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Thorsten Kalb , Kaisar Kushibar , Celia Cintas , Karim Lekadir , Oliver Diaz , Richard Osuala

Deep Learning approaches in dermatological image classification have shown promising results, yet the field faces significant methodological challenges that impede proper evaluation. This paper presents a dual contribution: first, a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-05 Łukasz Miętkiewicz , Leon Ciechanowski , Dariusz Jemielniak

Artificial intelligence is poised to augment dermatological care by enabling scalable image-based diagnostics. Yet, the development of robust and equitable models remains hindered by datasets that fail to capture the clinical and…

To investigate the well-observed racial disparities in computer vision systems that analyze images of humans, researchers have turned to skin tone as more objective annotation than race metadata for fairness performance evaluations.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Teanna Barrett , Quan Ze Chen , Amy X. Zhang

Dermatological classification algorithms developed without sufficiently diverse training data may generalize poorly across populations. While intentional data collection and annotation offer the best means for improving representation, new…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-28 Luke W. Sagers , James A. Diao , Matthew Groh , Pranav Rajpurkar , Adewole S. Adamson , Arjun K. Manrai

Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide and early detection is critical for effective treatment. However, current AI diagnostic tools are often trained on datasets dominated by lighter skin tones, leading to reduced accuracy…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Areez Muhammed Shabu , Mohammad Samar Ansari , Asra Aslam

Virtual facial avatars will play an increasingly important role in immersive communication, games and the metaverse, and it is therefore critical that they be inclusive. This requires accurate recovery of the appearance, represented by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Haiwen Feng , Timo Bolkart , Joachim Tesch , Michael J. Black , Victoria Abrevaya

While hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are now approved or cleared by the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), many studies have shown inconsistent generalization or latent bias, particularly for underrepresented…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-25 Luke W. Sagers , James A. Diao , Luke Melas-Kyriazi , Matthew Groh , Pranav Rajpurkar , Adewole S. Adamson , Veronica Rotemberg , Roxana Daneshjou , Arjun K. Manrai

The surge in developing deep learning models for diagnosing skin lesions through image analysis is notable, yet their clinical black faces challenges. Current dermatology AI models have limitations: limited number of possible diagnostic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Deval Mehta , Brigid Betz-Stablein , Toan D Nguyen , Yaniv Gal , Adrian Bowling , Martin Haskett , Maithili Sashindranath , Paul Bonnington , Victoria Mar , H Peter Soyer , Zongyuan Ge

Paucity of medical data severely limits the generalizability of diagnostic ML models, as the full spectrum of disease variability can not be represented by a small clinical dataset. To address this, diffusion models (DMs) have been…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Janet Wang , Yunbei Zhang , Zhengming Ding , Jihun Hamm

In reaction to growing concerns about the potential harms of artificial intelligence (AI), societies have begun to demand more transparency about how AI models and systems are created and used. To address these concerns, several efforts…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-13 David Piorkowski , John Richards , Michael Hind

Skin diseases, such as skin cancer, are a significant public health issue, and early diagnosis is crucial for effective treatment. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms have the potential to assist in triaging benign vs malignant skin…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Nusrat Munia , Abdullah-Al-Zubaer Imran

Although deep face recognition has achieved impressive progress in recent years, controversy has arisen regarding discrimination based on skin tone, questioning their deployment into real-world scenarios. In this paper, we aim to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-05-16 Mei Wang , Yaobin Zhang , Weihong Deng

Recent works have shown that deep learning based skin lesion image classification models trained on unbalanced dataset can exhibit bias toward protected demographic attributes such as race, age,and gender. Current bias mitigation methods…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Zihan Wei , Tapabrata Chakraborti

Early detection of melanoma, a potentially lethal type of skin cancer with high prevalence worldwide, improves patient prognosis. In retrospective studies, artificial intelligence (AI) has proven to be helpful for enhancing melanoma…