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ArticleJID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health2022

Automatic SCOring of Atopic Dermatitis Using Deep Learning: A Pilot Study.

Alfonso Medela, Taig Mac Carthy, S Andy Aguilar Robles, Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba, Ramon Grimalt

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Article in JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Current research landscape and future prospects of in silico modeling approaches for atopic dermatitis.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2026
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  13. Development of High-Quality Artificial Intelligence in Dermatology: Guidelines, Pitfalls, and Potential.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alfonso MedelaDepartment of Medical Computer Vision and PROMs, Legit.Health, Bilbao, Spain.
Taig Mac CarthyDepartment of Clinical Endpoint Innovation, Legit.Health, Bilbao, Spain.
S Andy Aguilar RoblesDepartment of Medical Computer Vision and PROMs, Legit.Health, Bilbao, Spain.
Carlos M Chiesa-EstombaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Osakidetza Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastian, Spain.
Ramon GrimaltFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UIC Barcelona, International University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute · ESUniversitat Internacional de Catalunya · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, itchy skin condition that affects 15-20% of children but may occur at any age. It is estimated that 16.5 million US adults (7.3%) have AD that initially began at age >2 years, with nearly 40% affected by moderate or severe disease. Therefore, a quantitative measurement that tracks the evolution of AD severity could be extremely useful in assessing patient evolution and therapeutic efficacy. Currently, SCOring Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) is the most frequently used measurement tool in clinical practice. However, SCORAD has the following disadvantages: (i) time consuming-calculating SCORAD usually takes about 7-10 minutes per patient, which poses a heavy burden on dermatologists and (ii) inconsistency-owing to the complexity of SCORAD calculation, even well-trained dermatologists could give different scores for the same case. In this study, we introduce the Automatic SCORAD, an automatic version of the SCORAD that deploys state-of-the-art convolutional neural networks that measure AD severity by analyzing skin lesion images. Overall, we have shown that Automatic SCORAD may prove to be a rapid and objective alternative method for the automatic assessment of AD, achieving results comparable with those of human expert assessment while reducing interobserver variability.

Indexed as

AD, atopic dermatitisAI, artificial intelligenceASCORAD, Automatic SCOring Atopic DermatitisAUC, area under the curveCADx, Computer-Aided DiagnosisFAR, full agreement rateIoU, intersection over unionPAR, partial agreement rateRMAE, relative mean absolute errorRSD, relative SDSCORAD, SCOring Atopic Dermatitis

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PMID35990535
PMCPMC9382656
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