Towards Skin Cancer Classification Using Machine Learning And Deep Learning Algorithms: A Comparison

Iqra Khan, Muhammad Zohaib Siddique, Ateeq Ur Rehman Butt, Azhar Imran (), Muhammad Azeem Qadir and Sundus Munir
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Iqra Khan: Department of Computer Science (National Textile University).
Muhammad Zohaib Siddique: Department of Computer Science (Riphah International University).
Ateeq Ur Rehman Butt: Department of Computer Science (National Textile University).
Muhammad Azeem Qadir: Department of Computer Science (National Textile University).
Sundus Munir: Department of Computer Science (Lahore Garrison University).

International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology, 2021, vol. 3 special Issue: 4, issue 4, 110-118

Abstract: Skin cancer is an uncontrolled development of abnormal skin cells potentially due to excessive exposure to sun, history of sunburns, less melanin, Precancerous skin lesions, moles, etc. This occur when unrepaired DNA damages the cells of the skin. It is one of the diseases that are viewed on its quick evolution and the most common type of cancer that endangers life. Researchers have implemented several machine learning and deep learning techniques for classification of skin cancer. In this research paper, different cancer categories are classified using significant attributes. We have used International Skin Imaging Collaboration (ISIC) dataset for classification purposes. This dermoscopic attributes dataset includes 1000 images and 10016 instances, seven categories, 5 features and 2 Meta attributes. We implemented K-Nearest Neighbor, Logistic Regression, Convolutional Neural Network, Naïve Bayes, and Decision Tree for classification and compared their performance. In order to implement classification algorithm, we used Orange which is an open-source machine learning, data mining, and data visualization toolkit. The models are evaluated based on matrices that include Accuracy, C. Automation, F1 score, Precision, Recall, and AUC. Furthermore, frequency of features is visualized using graphical method and the ROC analysis is also performed for the classifiers. It is observed that CNN technique provided the highest accuracy of 89% and the mentioned results are the highest results of classification with the state of the art techniques. For future, the improved and recent dataset and ensemble modelling techniques based on deep learning can used to enhance classification results. The research can also be extended for other cancer types using CNN.

Keywords: skin cancer; classification; ISIC; International Skin Imaging Collaboration; machine learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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