Deep Learning-Based Classification of Dermoscopic Images for Skin Lesions

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 114 - 122, 31.08.2023

Ahmet Furkan Sönmez Serap Çakar Feyza Cerezci Muhammed Kotan İbrahim Delibaşoğlu Gülüzar Çit

https://doi.org/10.35377/saucis...1314638

Abstract

Skin cancer has emerged as a grave health concern leading to significant mortality rates. Diagnosis of this disease traditionally relies on specialist dermatologists who interpret dermoscopy images using the ABCD rule. However, the integration of computer-aided diagnosis technologies is gaining popularity as a means to assist clinicians in accurate skin cancer diagnosis, overcoming potential challenges associated with human error. The objective of this research is to develop a robust system for the detection of skin cancer by employing machine learning algorithms for skin lesion classification and detection. The proposed system utilizes Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), a highly accurate and efficient deep learning technique well-suited for image classification tasks. By using the power of CNN, this system effectively classifies various skin diseases in dermoscopic images associated with skin cancer The MNIST HAM10000 dataset, comprising 10015 images, serves as the foundation for this study. The dataset encompasses seven distinct skin diseases falling within the realm of skin cancer. In this study, diverse transfer learning methods were used and evaluated to enhance the performance of the system. By comparing and analyzing these approaches the highest accuracy rate was obtained using the MobileNetV2 model with a rate of 80.79% accuracy.

Keywords

Convolutional Neural Network, Transfer Learning, Image Classification, Skin Cancer

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