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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Efficacy of a Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Network System for Melanoma Diagnosis in a Hospital Population.

Manuel Martin-Gonzalez, Carlos Azcarraga, Alba Martin-Gil, Carlos Carpena-Torres, Pedro Jaen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Manuel Martin-GonzalezService of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Carlos AzcarragaService of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain.
Alba Martin-GilOcupharm Research Group, Department of Optometry and Vision, Faculty of Optics and Optometry, Complutense University of Madrid, 28037 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8641-2169
Carlos Carpena-TorresOcupharm Research Group, Department of Optometry and Vision, Faculty of Optics and Optometry, Complutense University of Madrid, 28037 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9077-3557
Pedro JaenService of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, 28034 Madrid, Spain.

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(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy in terms of sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the quantusSKIN system, a new clinical tool based on deep learning, to distinguish between benign skin lesions and melanoma in a hospital population. (2) Methods: A retrospective study was performed using 232 dermoscopic images from the clinical database of the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital (Madrid, Spain). The skin lesions images, previously diagnosed as nevus (n = 177) or melanoma (n = 55), were analyzed by the quantusSKIN system, which offers a probabilistic percentage (diagnostic threshold) for melanoma diagnosis. The optimum diagnostic threshold, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the quantusSKIN system to diagnose melanoma were quantified. (3) Results: The mean diagnostic threshold was statistically lower (p < 0.001) in the nevus group (27.12 ± 35.44%) compared with the melanoma group (72.50 ± 34.03%). The area under the ROC curve was 0.813. For a diagnostic threshold of 67.33%, a sensitivity of 0.691, a specificity of 0.802, and an accuracy of 0.776 were obtained. (4) Conclusions: The quantusSKIN system is proposed as a useful screening tool for melanoma detection to be incorporated in primary health care systems.

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Deep LearningMelanomaNevusSkin DiseasesSkin NeoplasmsDermoscopyHospitalsHumansNeural Networks, ComputerRetrospective Studiesartificial intelligencedeep learningmelanomaoncologyskin cancer

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PMCPMC8997631

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