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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Detection and Classification of Melanoma Skin Cancer Using Image Processing Technique.

Chandran Kaushik Viknesh, Palanisamy Nirmal Kumar, Ramasamy Seetharaman, Devasahayam Anitha

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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 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chandran Kaushik VikneshDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.
Palanisamy Nirmal KumarDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.
Ramasamy SeetharamanDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5728-6386
Devasahayam AnithaDepartment of Science and Humanities, Karpagam Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 641105, India.
Anna University, Chennai · INKarpagam Academy of Higher Education · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human skin cancer is the most common and potentially life-threatening form of cancer. Melanoma skin cancer, in particular, exhibits a high mortality rate. Early detection is crucial for effective treatment. Traditionally, melanoma is detected through painful and time-consuming biopsies. This research introduces a computer-aided detection technique for early melanoma diagnosis-sis. In this study, we propose two methods for detecting skin cancer and focus specifically on melanoma cancerous cells using image data. The first method employs convolutional neural networks, including AlexNet, LeNet, and VGG-16 models, and we integrate the model with the highest accuracy into web and mobile applications. We also investigate the relationship between model depth and performance with varying dataset sizes. The second method uses support vector machines with a default RBF kernel, using feature parameters to categorize images as benign, malignant, or normal after image processing. The SVM classifier achieved an 86.6% classification accuracy, while the CNN maintained a 91% accuracy rate after 100 compute epochs. The CNN model is deployed as a web and mobile application with the assistance of Django and Android Studio.

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convolutional neural networkDjangomelanomaskin cancersupport vector machine

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PMID37958209
PMCPMC10649387
OpenAlexW4387957944

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