A survey, review, and future trends of skin lesion segmentation and classification
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Author(s)
Hasan, Kamrul
Ahamad, Md Asif
Yap, Choon Hwai
Yang, Guang
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The Computer-aided Diagnosis or Detection (CAD) approach for skin lesion analysis is an emerging field of research that has the potential to alleviate the burden and cost of skin cancer screening. Researchers have recently indicated increasing interest in developing such CAD systems, with the intention of providing a user-friendly tool to dermatologists to reduce the challenges encountered or associated with manual inspection. This article aims to provide a comprehensive literature survey and review of a total of 594 publications (356 for skin lesion segmentation and 238 for skin lesion classification) published between 2011 and 2022. These articles are analyzed and summarized in a number of different ways to contribute vital information regarding the methods for the development of CAD systems. These ways include: relevant and essential definitions and theories, input data (dataset utilization, preprocessing, augmentations, and fixing imbalance problems), method configuration (techniques, architectures, module frameworks, and losses), training tactics (hyperparameter settings), and evaluation criteria. We intend to investigate a variety of performance-enhancing approaches, including ensemble and post-processing. We also discuss these dimensions to reveal their current trends based on utilization frequencies. In addition, we highlight the primary difficulties associated with evaluating skin lesion segmentation and classification systems using minimal datasets, as well as the potential solutions to these difficulties. Findings, recommendations, and trends are disclosed to inform future research on developing an automated and robust CAD system for skin lesion analysis.
Date Issued
2023-03
Date Acceptance
2023-01-28
Citation
Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023, 155, pp.1-36
ISSN
0010-4825
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1
End Page
36
Journal / Book Title
Computers in Biology and Medicine
Volume
155
Copyright Statement
© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/)
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010482523000896
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
106624
Date Publish Online
2023-02-01