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We present a deep learning approach to the ISIC 2017 Skin Lesion Classification Challenge using a multi-scale convolutional neural network. Our approach utilizes an Inception-v3 network pre-trained on the ImageNet dataset, which is…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Terrance DeVries , Dhanesh Ramachandram

Melanoma detection is vital for early diagnosis and effective treatment. While deep learning models on dermoscopic images have shown promise, they require specialized equipment, limiting their use in broader clinical settings. This study…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Volodymyr Sydorskyi , Igor Krashenyi , Oleksii Yakubenko

Skin cancer is a common and fast rising malignancy worldwide. Early detection is critical for improving outcomes. Deep learning models trained on dermoscopic and clinical images can support automated and fast triage. However, many studies…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Durjoy Dey , Yuhong Yan , Hassan Hajjdiab

Diagnosing basal cell carcinomas (BCC), one of the most common cutaneous malignancies in humans, is a task regularly performed by pathologists and dermato-pathologists. Improving histological diagnosis by providing diagnosis suggestions,…

Accurate skin cancer diagnosis is vital for early treatment and improved patient outcomes. Deep learning (DL) models have shown promise in automating skin cancer classification, yet challenges remain due to data scarcity and limited…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Hamzeh Asgharnezhad , Pegah Tabarisaadi , Abbas Khosravi , Roohallah Alizadehsani , U. Rajendra Acharya

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

Fully automatic detection of skin lesions in dermatoscopic images can facilitate early diagnosis and repression of malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. Although convolutional neural networks are a powerful solution, they are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Anindo Saha , Prem Prasad , Abdullah Thabit

Malignant melanoma (MM) is one of the deadliest types of skin cancer. Analysing dermatoscopic images plays an important role in the early detection of MM and other pigmented skin lesions. Among different computer-based methods, deep…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Amirreza Mahbod , Philipp Tschandl , Georg Langs , Rupert Ecker , Isabella Ellinger

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 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

In this paper, a deep neural network based ensemble method is experimented for automatic identification of skin disease from dermoscopic images. The developed algorithm is applied on the task3 of the ISIC 2018 challenge dataset (Skin Lesion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Anabik Pal , Sounak Ray , Utpal Garain

Deep learning is the current bet for image classification. Its greed for huge amounts of annotated data limits its usage in medical imaging context. In this scenario transfer learning appears as a prominent solution. In this report we aim…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-09-06 Afonso Menegola , Michel Fornaciali , Ramon Pires , Sandra Avila , Eduardo Valle

Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. Tracking the evolution of nevi and detecting new lesions across the body is essential for the early detection of melanoma. Despite prior work on longitudinal tracking of skin lesions in 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Wei-Lun Huang , Minghao Xue , Zhiyou Liu , Davood Tashayyod , Jun Kang , Amir Gandjbakhche , Misha Kazhdan , Mehran Armand

We describe a new multiresolution "nested encoder-decoder" convolutional network architecture and use it to annotate morphological patterns in reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) images of human skin for aiding cancer diagnosis. Skin…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-24 Alican Bozkurt , Kivanc Kose , Christi Alessi-Fox , Melissa Gill , Dana H. Brooks , Jennifer G. Dy , Milind Rajadhyaksha

Early diagnosis of melanoma, which can save thousands of lives, relies heavily on the analysis of dermoscopic images. One crucial diagnostic criterion is the identification of unusual pigment network (PN). However, distinguishing between…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 M. A. Rasel , Sameem Abdul Kareem , Unaizah Obaidellah

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

Automatic skin lesion classification from dermoscopy images is important for the early diagnosis of skin diseases such as melanoma. Class imbalance in skin lesion datasets, notably the defects in the representation of malignant(cancerous)…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-19 Ariful Islam Khandaker , Abdullah Al Shafi , Mohiuddin Ahmad

Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a common classifier used for efficient classification with high accuracy. SVM shows high accuracy for classifying melanoma (skin cancer) clinical images within computer-aided diagnosis systems used by skin…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-30 Shereen Afifi , Hamid GholamHosseini , Roopak Sinha

Glaucoma is a major eye disease, leading to vision loss in the absence of proper medical treatment. Current diagnosis of glaucoma is performed by ophthalmologists who are often analyzing several types of medical images generated by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-05 Mijung Kim , Olivier Janssens , Ho-min Park , Jasper Zuallaert , Sofie Van Hoecke , Wesley De Neve