Skin cancer segmentation and classification with improved deep convolutional neural network

Author(s):  
Md Zahangir Alom ◽  
Theus Aspiras ◽  
Tarek M. Taha ◽  
Vijayan K. Asari
10.2196/18438 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. e18438
Author(s):  
Arnab Ray ◽  
Aman Gupta ◽  
Amutha Al

Background Skin cancer is the most common cancer and is often ignored by people at an early stage. There are 5.4 million new cases of skin cancer worldwide every year. Deaths due to skin cancer could be prevented by early detection of the mole. Objective We propose a skin lesion classification system that has the ability to detect such moles at an early stage and is able to easily differentiate between a cancerous and noncancerous mole. Using this system, we would be able to save time and resources for both patients and practitioners. Methods We created a deep convolutional neural network using an Inceptionv3 and DenseNet-201 pretrained model. Results We found that using the concepts of fine-tuning and the ensemble learning model yielded superior results. Furthermore, fine-tuning the whole model helped models converge faster compared to fine-tuning only the top layers, giving better accuracy overall. Conclusions Based on our research, we conclude that deep learning algorithms are highly suitable for classifying skin cancer images.


2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (8) ◽  
pp. 9909-9924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulzii-Orshikh Dorj ◽  
Keun-Kwang Lee ◽  
Jae-Young Choi ◽  
Malrey Lee

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnab Ray ◽  
Aman Gupta ◽  
Amutha Al

BACKGROUND Skin cancer is the most common cancer and is often ignored by people at an early stage. There are 5.4 million new cases of skin cancer worldwide every year. Deaths due to skin cancer could be prevented by early detection of the mole. OBJECTIVE We propose a skin lesion classification system that has the ability to detect such moles at an early stage and is able to easily differentiate between a cancerous and noncancerous mole. Using this system, we would be able to save time and resources for both patients and practitioners. METHODS We created a deep convolutional neural network using an Inceptionv3 and DenseNet-201 pretrained model. RESULTS We found that using the concepts of fine-tuning and the ensemble learning model yielded superior results. Furthermore, fine-tuning the whole model helped models converge faster compared to fine-tuning only the top layers, giving better accuracy overall. CONCLUSIONS Based on our research, we conclude that deep learning algorithms are highly suitable for classifying skin cancer images.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-14
Author(s):  
Vladimir Budak ◽  
Ekaterina Ilyina

The article proposes the classification of lenses with different symmetrical beam angles and offers a scale as a spot-light’s palette. A collection of spotlight’s images was created and classified according to the proposed scale. The analysis of 788 pcs of existing lenses and reflectors with different LEDs and COBs carried out, and the dependence of the axial light intensity from beam angle was obtained. A transfer training of new deep convolutional neural network (CNN) based on the pre-trained GoogleNet was performed using this collection. GradCAM analysis showed that the trained network correctly identifies the features of objects. This work allows us to classify arbitrary spotlights with an accuracy of about 80 %. Thus, light designer can determine the class of spotlight and corresponding type of lens with its technical parameters using this new model based on CCN.


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