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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

Our goal is to bridge human and machine intelligence in melanoma detection. We develop a classification system exploiting a combination of visual pre-processing, deep learning, and ensembling for providing explanations to experts and to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Ellák Somfai , Benjámin Baffy , Kristian Fenech , Changlu Guo , Rita Hosszú , Dorina Korózs , Fabrizio Nunnari , Marcell Pólik , Daniel Sonntag , Attila Ulbert , András Lőrincz

In this report, we introduce the outline of our system in Task 3: Disease Classification of ISIC 2018: Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection. We fine-tuned multiple pre-trained neural network models based on Squeeze-and-Excitation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-10 Shunsuke Kitada , Hitoshi Iyatomi

As one kind of skin cancer, melanoma is very dangerous. Dermoscopy based early detection and recarbonization strategy is critical for melanoma therapy. However, well-trained dermatologists dominant the diagnostic accuracy. In order to solve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-03 Hao Chang

As the application of deep learning in dermatology continues to grow, the recognition of melanoma has garnered significant attention, demonstrating potential for improving diagnostic accuracy. Despite advancements in image classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Rujosh Polma , Krishnan Menon Iyer

The initial assessment of skin lesions is typically based on dermoscopic images. As this is a difficult and time-consuming task, machine learning methods using dermoscopic images have been proposed to assist human experts. Other approaches…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Nils Gessert , Marcel Bengs , Alexander Schlaefer

Melanoma, a dangerous type of skin cancer resulting from abnormal skin cell growth, can be treated if detected early. Various approaches using Fully Convolutional Networks (FCNs) have been proposed, with the U-Net architecture being…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Sania Eskandari , Janet Lumpp , Luis Sanchez Giraldo

Melanoma is a curable aggressive skin cancer if detected early. Typically, the diagnosis involves initial screening with subsequent biopsy and histopathological examination if necessary. Computer aided diagnosis offers an objective score…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-04-12 Xin Yi , Ekta Walia , Paul Babyn

Skin cancer is the most common human malignancy(American Cancer Society) which is primarily diagnosed visually, starting with an initial clinical screening and followed potentially by dermoscopic(related to skin) analysis, a biopsy and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-03 Kartikeya Agarwal , Tismeet Singh

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. Specifically, melanoma is the cause of 75% of skin cancer deaths, although it is the least common skin cancer. Better detection of melanoma could have a positive impact on millions of people.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Chengdong Yao

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

Deep learning has played a major role in the interpretation of dermoscopic images for detecting skin defects and abnormalities. However, current deep learning solutions for dermatological lesion analysis are typically limited in providing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Gun-Hee Lee , Han-Bin Ko , Seong-Whan Lee

Pigmented skin lesions represent localized areas of increased melanin and can indicate serious conditions like melanoma, a major contributor to skin cancer mortality. The MedMNIST v2 dataset, inspired by MNIST, was recently introduced to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-18 Nerma Kadric , Amila Akagic , Medina Kapo

Knowledge transfer impacts the performance of deep learning -- the state of the art for image classification tasks, including automated melanoma screening. Deep learning's greed for large amounts of training data poses a challenge for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Afonso Menegola , Michel Fornaciali , Ramon Pires , Flávia Vasques Bittencourt , Sandra Avila , Eduardo Valle

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

Early detection and segmentation of skin lesions is crucial for timely diagnosis and treatment, necessary to improve the survival rate of patients. However, manual delineation is time consuming and subject to intra- and inter-observer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Sulaiman Vesal , Shreyas Malakarjun Patil , Nishant Ravikumar , Andreas Maier

The prevalence of skin melanoma is rapidly increasing as well as the recorded death cases of its patients. Automatic image segmentation tools play an important role in providing standardized computer-assisted analysis for skin melanoma…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-07 Ahmed H. Shahin , Karim Amer , Mustafa A. Elattar

This paper summarizes the method used in our submission to Task 1 of the International Skin Imaging Collaboration's (ISIC) Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection challenge held in 2018. We used a fully automated method to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Joshua Peter Ebenezer , Jagath C. Rajapakse

In dermoscopic images, which allow visualization of surface skin structures not visible to the naked eye, lesion shape offers vital insights into skin diseases. In clinically practiced methods, asymmetric lesion shape is one of the criteria…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-24 M. A. Rasel , Sameem Abdul Kareem , Zhenli Kwan , Nik Aimee Azizah Faheem , Winn Hui Han , Rebecca Kai Jan Choong , Shin Shen Yong , Unaizah Obaidellah

Dermoscopy image detection stays a tough task due to the weak distinguishable property of the object.Although the deep convolution neural network signifigantly boosted the performance on prevelance computer vision tasks in recent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Hongdiao Wen