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Fogelberg, K.* ; Chamarthi, S.* ; Maron, R.C.* ; Niebling, J.* ; Brinker, T.J.*

Domain shifts in dermoscopic skin cancer datasets: Evaluation of essential limitations for clinical translation.

New Biotech. 76, 106-117 (2023)
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The limited ability of Convolutional Neural Networks to generalize to images from previously unseen domains is a major limitation, in particular, for safety-critical clinical tasks such as dermoscopic skin cancer classification. In order to translate CNN-based applications into the clinic, it is essential that they are able to adapt to domain shifts. Such new conditions can arise through the use of different image acquisition systems or varying lighting conditions. In dermoscopy, shifts can also occur as a change in patient age or occurrence of rare lesion localizations (e.g. palms). These are not prominently represented in most training datasets and can therefore lead to a decrease in performance. In order to verify the generalizability of classification models in real world clinical settings it is crucial to have access to data which mimics such domain shifts. To our knowledge no dermoscopic image dataset exists where such domain shifts are properly described and quantified. We therefore grouped publicly available images from ISIC archive based on their metadata (e.g. acquisition location, lesion localization, patient age) to generate meaningful domains. To verify that these domains are in fact distinct, we used multiple quantification measures to estimate the presence and intensity of domain shifts. Additionally, we analyzed the performance on these domains with and without an unsupervised domain adaptation technique. We observed that in most of our grouped domains, domain shifts in fact exist. Based on our results, we believe these datasets to be helpful for testing the generalization capabilities of dermoscopic skin cancer classifiers.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Clinical Translation ; Dermoscopic Image ; Domain Shift ; Generalization ; Skin Lesion Classification ; Unsupervised Domain Adaptation; Convolutional Neural-network; Jensen-shannon Divergence; Classification; Adaptation; Dermatologists
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2023
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2023
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1871-6784
e-ISSN 1876-4347
Zeitschrift New Biotechnology
Quellenangaben Band: 76, Heft: , Seiten: 106-117 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Elsevier
Verlagsort Radarweg 29, 1043 Nx Amsterdam, Netherlands
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Helmholtz AI - DLR (HAI - DLR)
Förderungen Helmholtz AI funding
Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU), Germany
Scopus ID 85160526683
Erfassungsdatum 2023-10-06