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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

Artificial intelligence has significantly advanced skin cancer diagnosis by enabling rapid and accurate detection of malignant lesions. In this domain, most publicly available image datasets consist of single, isolated skin lesions…

Skin lesion datasets provide essential information for understanding various skin conditions and developing effective diagnostic tools. They aid the artificial intelligence-based early detection of skin cancer, facilitate treatment…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-12 Abdurrahim Yilmaz , Sirin Pekcan Yasar , Gulsum Gencoglan , Burak Temelkuran

In this report, we are presenting our automated prediction system for disease classification within dermoscopic images. The proposed solution is based on deep learning, where we employed transfer learning strategy on VGG16 and GoogLeNet…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-08-16 Tomáš Majtner , Buda Bajić , Sule Yildirim , Jon Yngve Hardeberg , Joakim Lindblad , Nataša Sladoje

Deep learning implemented with convolutional network architectures can exceed specialists' diagnostic accuracy. However, whole-image deep learning trained on a given dataset may not generalize to other datasets. The problem arises because…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Norsang Lama , R. Joe Stanley , Anand Nambisan , Akanksha Maurya , Jason Hagerty , William V. Stoecker

This research presents a machine-learning approach for tumor detection in medical images using convolutional neural networks (CNNs). The study focuses on preprocessing techniques to enhance image features relevant to tumor detection,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-01 Ha Anh Vu

Skin lesion detection in dermoscopic images is essential in the accurate and early diagnosis of skin cancer by a computerized apparatus. Current skin lesion segmentation approaches show poor performance in challenging circumstances such as…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Pourya Shamsolmoali , Masoumeh Zareapoor , Eric Granger , Huiyu Zhou

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

Melanoma, a malignant form of skin cancer is very threatening to life. Diagnosis of melanoma at an earlier stage is highly needed as it has a very high cure rate. Benign and malignant forms of skin cancer can be detected by analyzing the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-14 P. Mirunalini , Aravindan Chandrabose , Vignesh Gokul , S. M. Jaisakthi

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

This article presents the design, experiments and results of our solution submitted to the 2018 ISIC challenge: Skin Lesion Analysis Towards Melanoma Detection. We design a pipeline using state-of-the-art Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-07-24 Katherine M. Li , Evelyn C. Li

In this work we propose a novel post processing approach for skin detectors based on trained morphological operators. The first step, consisting in skin segmentation is performed according to an existing skin detection approach is performed…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Alessandra Lumini , Loris Nanni , Alice Codogno , Filippo Berno

The skin, as the largest organ of the human body, is vulnerable to a diverse array of conditions collectively known as skin lesions, which encompass various dermatoses. Diagnosing these lesions presents significant challenges for medical…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Sauda Adiv Hanum , Ashim Dey , Muhammad Ashad Kabir

Skin lesion classification datasets often suffer from severe class imbalance, with malignant cases significantly underrepresented, leading to biased decision boundaries during deep learning training. We address this challenge using…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Francisco Filho , Kelvin Cunha , Fábio Papais , Emanoel dos Santos , Rodrigo Mota , Thales Bezerra , Erico Medeiros , Paulo Borba , Tsang Ing Ren

The escalating global cancer burden underscores the critical need for precise diagnostic tools in oncology. This research employs deep learning to enhance lesion segmentation in PET/CT imaging, utilizing a dataset of 900 whole-body…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Jiayi Liu , Qiaoyi Xue , Youdan Feng , Tianming Xu , Kaixin Shen , Chuyun Shen , Yuhang Shi

As many other machine learning driven medical image analysis tasks, skin image analysis suffers from a chronic lack of labeled data and skewed class distributions, which poses problems for the training of robust and well-generalizing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-07 Christoph Baur , Shadi Albarqouni , Nassir Navab

Accurate classification of skin lesions from dermatoscopic images is essential for diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer. In this study, we investigate the utility of a dermatology-specific foundation model, PanDerm, in comparison with two…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Amirreza Mahbod , Rupert Ecker , Ramona Woitek

Technology-assisted platforms provide reliable solutions in almost every field these days. One such important application in the medical field is the skin cancer classification in preliminary stages that need sensitive and precise data…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-16 Muhammad Ali Farooq , Asma Khatoon , Viktor Varkarakis , Peter Corcoran

Although deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) have achieved significant accuracy in skin lesion classification comparable or even superior to those of dermatologists, practical implementation of these models for skin cancer screening…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-01-08 Shuwei Shen , Mengjuan Xu , Fan Zhang , Pengfei Shao , Honghong Liu , Liang Xu , Chi Zhang , Peng Liu , Zhihong Zhang , Peng Yao , Ronald X. Xu

Deep learning models for skin disease classification require large, diverse, and well-annotated datasets. However, such resources are often limited due to privacy concerns, high annotation costs, and insufficient demographic representation.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-01 Jamil Fayyad , Nourhan Bayasi , Ziyang Yu , Homayoun Najjaran