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Recent studies have shown that Machine Learning (ML) models can exhibit bias in real-world scenarios, posing significant challenges in ethically sensitive domains such as healthcare. Such bias can negatively affect model fairness, model…

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This paper addresses the problem of automatically detecting human skin in images without reliance on color information. A primary motivation of the work has been to achieve results that are consistent across the full range of skin tones,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Han Xu , Abhijit Sarkar , A. Lynn Abbott

Automated analysis of tissue sections allows a better understanding of disease biology and may reveal biomarkers that could guide prognosis or treatment selection. In digital pathology, less abundant cell types can be of biological…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-24 Yeman Brhane Hagos , Catherine SY Lecat , Dominic Patel , Lydia Lee , Thien-An Tran , Manuel Rodriguez- Justo , Kwee Yong , Yinyin Yuan

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

Deep learning (DL) models have received particular attention in medical imaging due to their promising pattern recognition capabilities. However, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) require a huge amount of data, and because of the lack of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-27 Donya Khaledyan , AmirReza Tajally , Ali Sarkhosh , Afshar Shamsi , Hamzeh Asgharnezhad , Abbas Khosravi , Saeid Nahavandi

kin cancer is considered one of the most common type of cancer in several countries. Due to the difficulty and subjectivity in the clinical diagnosis of skin lesions, Computer-Aided Diagnosis systems are being developed for assist experts…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-27 José G. M. Esgario , Renato A. Krohling

Today, skin cancer is considered as one of the most dangerous and common cancers in the world which demands special attention. Skin cancer may be developed in different types; including melanoma, actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Amir Faghihi , Mohammadreza Fathollahi , Roozbeh Rajabi

Bias remains a major barrier to the clinical adoption of AI in dermatology, as diagnostic models underperform on darker skin tones. We present LesionTABE, a fairness-centric framework that couples adversarial debiasing with…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Rocio Mexia Diaz , Yasmin Greenway , Petru Manescu

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

Early detection of skin cancers like melanoma is crucial to ensure high chances of survival for patients. Clinical application of Deep Learning (DL)-based Decision Support Systems (DSS) for skin cancer screening has the potential to improve…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Adriano Lucieri , Andreas Dengel , Sheraz Ahmed

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer with the most rapidly increasing incidence. Early detection of melanoma using dermoscopy images significantly increases patients' survival rate. However, accurately classifying skin lesions by eye,…

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Biopsies are the gold standard for breast cancer diagnosis. This task can be improved by the use of Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) systems, reducing the time of diagnosis and reducing the inter and intra-observer variability. The advances…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Jonathan de Matos , Alceu de S. Britto , Luiz E. S. de Oliveira , Alessandro L. Koerich

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. While curable with early detection, only highly trained specialists are capable of accurately recognizing the disease. As expertise is in limited supply, automated systems capable of…

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Over the last decades, the incidence of skin cancer, melanoma and non-melanoma, has increased at a continuous rate. In particular for melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, early detection is important to increase patient prognosis.…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-30 Breno Krohling , Pedro B. C. Castro , Andre G. C. Pacheco , Renato A. Krohling

Although deep learning (DL) models have shown great success in many medical image analysis tasks, deployment of the resulting models into real clinical contexts requires: (1) that they exhibit robustness and fairness across different…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Raghav Mehta , Changjian Shui , Tal Arbel

Melanoma, one of most dangerous types of skin cancer, re-sults in a very high mortality rate. Early detection and resection are two key points for a successful cure. Recent research has used artificial intelligence to classify melanoma and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-31 Cong Tri Pham , Mai Chi Luong , Dung Van Hoang , Antoine Doucet

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

Skin cancer is a major public health problem, as is the most common type of cancer and represents more than half of cancer diagnoses worldwide. Early detection influences the outcome of the disease and motivates our work. We investigate the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Cristina Nader Vasconcelos , Bárbara Nader Vasconcelos

As dermatological conditions become increasingly common and the availability of dermatologists remains limited, there is a growing need for intelligent tools to support both patients and clinicians in the timely and accurate diagnosis of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Ali Anaissi , Ali Braytee , Weidong Huang , Junaid Akram , Alaa Farhat , Jie Hua

The complex heterogeneity of brain tumours is increasingly recognized to demand data of magnitudes and richness only fully-inclusive, large-scale collections drawn from routine clinical care could plausibly offer. This is a task…

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