Deep Learning for Skin Cancer Classification: A Transfer Learning Approach to Enhance Medical Imaging
摘要
Skin cancer stands as one of the deadliest malignancies in the contemporary era. Its potential to metastasize throughout the body underscores the criticality of early detection and treatment. Proliferation of skin cells becomes fast due to sun exposure which causes this perilous condition. The current critical situation requires an automated system that can rapidly detect lesions because it saves both human effort as well as reaction time. The development of our skin cancer detection system depends upon the essential functions of transfer learning methods. Through the adoption of EfficientNet, we make use of training information gathered from extensive datasets to address our particular diagnostic task. Through the combination of advanced training techniques, the model becomes more efficient at recognizing crucial skin cancer characteristics. The main importance of our skin cancer detection system emerges from its ability to save human lives. A successful outcome for skin cancer treatment heavily depends on a swift and accurate diagnosis at the beginning. Our system shows advanced performance during validation tests which qualifies it as a dependable instrument for medical professionals to detect skin cancer efficiently with enhanced accuracy. Improved patient outcomes together with higher survival numbers become possible through this process. The proposed work endorses the adoption of transfer learning methods using established models between EfficientNet and ResNet-50 and VGG-16 and VGG-19 and Xception for skin cancer classification tasks. IC 2019 dataset stands as the fundamental foundation for both medical imaging and dermatology in this research project. The 25,331 image database functions as an essential resource because it enables the complete classification of multiple types of skin lesions. The classification spectrum includes nine types of skin cancer categories beginning with Melanoma which extends to Actinic keratosis with an additional option for unnamed conditions. The main objective of this research is to deploy EfficientNet-B0 for recognizing different types of skin cancer while performing their detection. The primary focus extends beyond normal classification tasks because it works toward raising the performance metrics that include F1-score and recall alongside precision and accuracy. The EfficientNet model delivers solid performance metrics after training with 78.71% accuracy an F1-score of 80% and a recall rate of 84% as well as a precision rate of 77%. Advanced machine learning shows distinct potential in helping early skin cancer diagnosis together with its management procedures.