Automatic body part identification in real-world clinical dermatological images using machine learning

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Abstract

Background: Dermatological conditions are prevalent across all population sub-groups. The affected body part is of importance to their diagnosis, therapy, and research. The automatic identification of body parts in dermatological clinical pictures could therefore improve clinical care by providing additional information for clinical decision-making algorithms, discovering hard-to-treat areas, and research by identifying new patterns of disease. Patients and Methods: In this study, we used 6,219 labelled dermatological images from our clinical database, which were used to train and validate a convolutional neural network. As a use case, qualitative heatmaps for the body part distribution in common dermatological conditions was generated using this system. Results: The algorithm reached a mean balanced accuracy of 89% (range 74.8%–96.5%). Non-melanoma skin cancer photos were mostly of the face and torso, while hotspots of eczema and psoriasis image distribution included the torso, legs, and hands. Conclusions: The accuracy of this system is comparable to the best to-date published algorithms for image classification challenges, suggesting this algorithm could boost diagnosis, therapy, and research of dermatological conditions.

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Sitaru, S., Oueslati, T., Schielein, M. C., Weis, J., Kaczmarczyk, R., Rueckert, D., … Zink, A. (2023). Automatic body part identification in real-world clinical dermatological images using machine learning. JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology, 21(8), 863–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.15113

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