Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques

Introduction: Most skin cancers are treatable in the early stages; thus, an early and rapid diagnosis can be very important to save patients’ lives. Today, with artificial intelligence, early detection of cancer in the initial stages is possible. Method: In this descriptive-analytical study, a compu...

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Main Authors: Naghashzargar Nazanin, Mohammad Karimi Moridani, Hamidreza Mahmoudi
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Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2021-06-01
Series:مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی
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Mohammad Karimi Moridani
Hamidreza Mahmoudi
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description Introduction: Most skin cancers are treatable in the early stages; thus, an early and rapid diagnosis can be very important to save patients’ lives. Today, with artificial intelligence, early detection of cancer in the initial stages is possible. Method: In this descriptive-analytical study, a computerized diagnostic system based on image processing techniques was presented, which is much more helpful for the patient. In this method, dermoscopic images of actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma were improved by preprocessing techniques and the potential noises were removed. Then, segmentation was performed using the thresholding method to separate the lesion from the underlying skin. Thereafter, from the segmented area, texture, shape, and color information and features were extracted. Finally, the feature reduction method and support vector machine (SVM) were used to evaluate the proposed method qualitatively and quantitatively. Results: The data in this study included 100 samples of actinic keratosis images and 100 samples of squamous cell carcinoma. The results of the present study showed that using the genetic algorithm method together with the support vector machine method could help identify the type of skin cancer with 99.7 ± 0.4% accuracy. Conclusion: The effect of different tissue features in diagnosing the type of lesion showed an increase in the amount and variety of features extracted from the samples would lead to better training and more accurate analysis of the system.
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spelling doaj.art-e3dd033804974a97b95149e63808c43b2023-01-28T10:25:01ZfasKerman University of Medical Sciencesمجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی2423-38702423-34982021-06-01816783Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing TechniquesNaghashzargar Nazanin0Mohammad Karimi Moridani1Hamidreza Mahmoudi2 M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Health and Biomedical Engineering, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran M.D., Associate Professor, Dermatology Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Introduction: Most skin cancers are treatable in the early stages; thus, an early and rapid diagnosis can be very important to save patients’ lives. Today, with artificial intelligence, early detection of cancer in the initial stages is possible. Method: In this descriptive-analytical study, a computerized diagnostic system based on image processing techniques was presented, which is much more helpful for the patient. In this method, dermoscopic images of actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma were improved by preprocessing techniques and the potential noises were removed. Then, segmentation was performed using the thresholding method to separate the lesion from the underlying skin. Thereafter, from the segmented area, texture, shape, and color information and features were extracted. Finally, the feature reduction method and support vector machine (SVM) were used to evaluate the proposed method qualitatively and quantitatively. Results: The data in this study included 100 samples of actinic keratosis images and 100 samples of squamous cell carcinoma. The results of the present study showed that using the genetic algorithm method together with the support vector machine method could help identify the type of skin cancer with 99.7 ± 0.4% accuracy. Conclusion: The effect of different tissue features in diagnosing the type of lesion showed an increase in the amount and variety of features extracted from the samples would lead to better training and more accurate analysis of the system.http://jhbmi.ir/article-1-583-en.htmlskin canceractinic keratosissquamous cell carcinomaimage processingintelligent diagnosis
spellingShingle Naghashzargar Nazanin
Mohammad Karimi Moridani
Hamidreza Mahmoudi
Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
مجله انفورماتیک سلامت و زیست پزشکی
skin cancer
actinic keratosis
squamous cell carcinoma
image processing
intelligent diagnosis
title Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
title_full Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
title_fullStr Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
title_full_unstemmed Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
title_short Intelligent Diagnosis of Actinic Keratosis and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin, Using Linear and Nonlinear Features Based on Image Processing Techniques
title_sort intelligent diagnosis of actinic keratosis and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin using linear and nonlinear features based on image processing techniques
topic skin cancer
actinic keratosis
squamous cell carcinoma
image processing
intelligent diagnosis
url http://jhbmi.ir/article-1-583-en.html
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