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. 2022 Nov 18;11(22):6826. doi: 10.3390/jcm11226826

Table 3.

The application of AI in binary classification for skin lesions.

Authors Reference Year Country AI Algorithm Model The Purpose of AI Algorithm Image (Datasets)
Recourse
No. of Images in
Datasets
Types of Images Accuracy/
Precision (%)
Sensitivity/Recall (%) Specificity (%)
Filho et al. [51] 2018 Germany Structural Co-occurrence matrix Classification of melanoma ISIC-2016, 2017,
PH2
3100 Dermoscopy 89.93–99 89.9–99.2 95.15–99.4
Marchetti et al. [89] 2018 USA Non-learned approaches and machine learning methods Classification of melanoma and comparison of the performance of AI model with 8 dermatologists ISIC-2016 1279 Dermoscopy 85–86 46–70 88–92
Roffman et al. [94] 2018 USA Artificial neural network Detection of non-melanoma skin cancer NHIS 1997–2015 462,630 Macroscopy 81 86.2–88.5 62.2–62.7
Alzubaidi [95] 2021 Australia Transfer learning model Discrimination of skin cancer and normal skin ISIC-2016–2020, Med-
Node,
Dermofit
>200,000 Dermoscopy 89.69–98.57 85.60–97.90 N/A
Guimarães et al. [96] 2020 Germany Convolutional neural networks Diagnosis of atopic dermatitis Multiphoton tomography Images 3663 Multiphoton tomograph 97.0 ± 0.2 96.6 ± 0.2 97.7 ± 0.3
Ho. et al. [97] 2020 USA Deep neural network Image segmentation of plexiform neurofibromas MRI images 35 MRI N/A N/A N/A
Fink et al. [98] 2018 Germany Edge-preserving thresholding automated shape recognition Classification of psoriasis and measurement of lesion area andseverity index Clinical images 10 patients Macroscopy N/A N/A N/A
Fink et al. [99] 2019 Germany Edge-preserving thresholding automated shape recognition Validation of the precision and reproducibility of algorithm in PASI measurements Clinical images 120
patients
Macroscopy N/A N/A N/A
Schnuerle et al. [100] 2017 Switzerland Support vector machines Detection of hand eczema Clinical images N/A Macroscopy 74.5–89.29 48–71.43 77.24–93.63
Gao et al. [101] 2020 Chinas Deep learning network architecture (ResNet-50) Detection for fungal skin lesion Clinical images 292 Macroscopy N/A 95.2–99.5 91.4–100
Bashat et al. [102] 2018 Israel N/A Differentiation of benign and malignant neurofibroma MRI images 30 MRI 80 72 87
Duarte et al. [103] 2014 Portugal Support vector machines Classification of whole-brain grey and white matter of MRI between NF1 patients and normal person T1-weighted MRI scans 99 MRI Images 94 92 96
Meienberger et al. [104] 2019 Switzerland Convolutional neural networks (Net 16) Establishment of an accurate and objective psoriasis assessment method Clinical images 203 Macroscopy 92 N/A N/A
Gustafson et al. [105] 2017 USA Electronic health record based phenotype algorithm Identification of atopic dermatitis and comparison of the performance of AI model with 4 dermatologists Clinical images 562 N/A N/A 53.6–75 N/A
Luo et al. [106] 2020 China Cycle-consistent adversarial networks Classification of vitiligo skin lesion Clinical Images 80,000 Macroscopy 85.69 80.73 66.2
Makena et al. [107] 2019 USA Convolutional neural networks Segmentation of vitiligo skin lesion RGB images of vitiligo lesions 308 Macroscopy (UV/natural light) 74–88.7 N/A N/A