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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Transfer Learning Approach for Clinical Detection Support of Monkeypox Skin Lesions.

Maram Fahaad Almufareh, Samabia Tehsin, Mamoona Humayun, Sumaira Kausar

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Maram Fahaad AlmufarehDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakakah 72388, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6613-0831
Samabia TehsinDepartment of Computer Science, Bahria University, Islamabad 44220, Pakistan.
Mamoona HumayunDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakakah 72388, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6339-2257
Sumaira KausarDepartment of Computer Science, Bahria University, Islamabad 44220, Pakistan.
Bahria University · PKJouf University · SA

Funding

Deputyship for Research Innovation, Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia project number 223202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monkeypox (MPX) is a disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV). It is a contagious disease and has associated symptoms of skin lesions, rashes, fever, and respiratory distress lymph swelling along with numerous neurological distresses. This can be a deadly disease, and the latest outbreak of it has shown its spread to Europe, Australia, the United States, and Africa. Typically, diagnosis of MPX is performed through PCR, by taking a sample of the skin lesion. This procedure is risky for medical staff, as during sample collection, transmission and testing, they can be exposed to MPXV, and this infectious disease can be transferred to medical staff. In the current era, cutting-edge technologies such as IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) have made the diagnostics process smart and secure. IoT devices such as wearables and sensors permit seamless data collection while AI techniques utilize the data in disease diagnosis. Keeping in view the importance of these cutting-edge technologies, this paper presents a non-invasive, non-contact, computer-vision-based method for diagnosis of MPX by analyzing skin lesion images that are more smart and secure compared to traditional methods of diagnosis. The proposed methodology employs deep learning techniques to classify skin lesions as MPXV positive or not. Two datasets, the Kaggle Monkeypox Skin Lesion Dataset (MSLD) and the Monkeypox Skin Image Dataset (MSID), are used for evaluating the proposed methodology. The results on multiple deep learning models were evaluated using sensitivity, specificity and balanced accuracy. The proposed method has yielded highly promising results, demonstrating its potential for wide-scale deployment in detecting monkeypox. This smart and cost-effective solution can be effectively utilized in underprivileged areas where laboratory infrastructure may be lacking.

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artificial intelligencecomputer-aided diagnosisdeep learningIoTmonkeypoxskin lesion detectiontransfer learning

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PMID37189603
PMCPMC10137438
OpenAlexW4366685456

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