G. Murugesan^1,*, J. Jeyapriya², M. Hemalatha³, S. Rajeshkannan⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.36, No.2, pp. 2099-2109, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.032068

Abstract The diagnostic interpretation of dermoscopic images is a complex task as it is very difficult to identify the skin lesions from the normal. Thus the accurate detection of potential abnormalities is required for patient monitoring and effective treatment. In this work, a Two-Tier Segmentation (TTS) system is designed, which combines the unsupervised and supervised techniques for skin lesion segmentation. It comprises preprocessing by the median filter, TTS by Colour K-Means Clustering (CKMC) for initial segmentation and Faster Region based Convolutional Neural Network (FR-CNN) for refined segmentation. The CKMC approach is evaluated using the different number of clusters (k = 3,… More >

Iqra Abid¹, Sultan Almakdi², Hameedur Rahman³, Ahmed Almulihi⁴, Ali Alqahtani², Khairan Rajab^2,5, Abdulmajeed Alqhatani^2,*, Asadullah Shaikh²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.3, pp. 1407-1421, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.023753

Abstract Skin lesion segmentation plays a critical role in the precise and early detection of skin cancer via recent frameworks. The prerequisite for any computer-aided skin cancer diagnosis system is the accurate segmentation of skin malignancy. To achieve this, a specialized skin image analysis technique must be used for the separation of cancerous parts from important healthy skin. This procedure is called Dermatography. Researchers have often used multiple techniques for the analysis of skin images, but, because of their low accuracy, most of these methods have turned out to be at best, inconsistent. Proper clinical treatment involves sensitivity in the surgical… More >

Amina Bibi¹, Muhamamd Attique Khan¹, Muhammad Younus Javed¹, Usman Tariq², Byeong-Gwon Kang³, Yunyoung Nam^3,*, Reham R. Mostafa⁴, Rasha H. Sakr⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.2, pp. 2477-2495, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018917

Abstract Background: In medical image analysis, the diagnosis of skin lesions remains a challenging task. Skin lesion is a common type of skin cancer that exists worldwide. Dermoscopy is one of the latest technologies used for the diagnosis of skin cancer. Challenges: Many computerized methods have been introduced in the literature to classify skin cancers. However, challenges remain such as imbalanced datasets, low contrast lesions, and the extraction of irrelevant or redundant features. Proposed Work: In this study, a new technique is proposed based on the conventional and deep learning framework. The proposed framework consists of two major tasks: lesion segmentation… More >

Javaria Tahir¹, Syed Rameez Naqvi^2,*, Khursheed Aurangzeb³, Musaed Alhussein³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 3235-3250, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.018949

Abstract Melanoma, due to its higher mortality rate, is considered as one of the most pernicious types of skin cancers, mostly affecting the white populations. It has been reported a number of times and is now widely accepted, that early detection of melanoma increases the chances of the subject’s survival. Computer-aided diagnostic systems help the experts in diagnosing the skin lesion at earlier stages using machine learning techniques. In this work, we propose a framework that accurately segments, and later classifies, the lesion using improved image segmentation and fusion methods. The proposed technique takes an image and passes it through two… More >