Performance of a dermoscopy-based computer vision system for the diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions compared with visual evaluation by experienced dermatologists
Conclusion: We show that simple statistical classifiers can be trained to provide a recommendation on whether a pigmented skin lesion requires biopsy to exclude skin cancer with a performance that is comparable to and exceeds that of experienced dermatologists.
Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Maciel Zortea, Thomas R. Schopf, Kevin Thon, Marc Geilhufe, Kristian Hindberg, Herbert Kirchesch, Kajsa Møllersen, Jörn Schulz, Stein Olav Skrøvseth, Fred Godtliebsen Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
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