Man against machine: diagnostic performance of a deep learning convolutional neural network for dermoscopic melanoma recognition in comparison to 58 dermatologists.

Journal: Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Deep learning convolutional neural networks (CNN) may facilitate melanoma detection, but data comparing a CNN's diagnostic performance to larger groups of dermatologists are lacking.

Authors

  • H A Haenssle
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: Holger.Haenssle@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
  • C Fink
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • R Schneiderbauer
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • F Toberer
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • T Buhl
    Department of Dermatology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • A Blum
    Office Based Clinic of Dermatology, Konstanz, Germany.
  • A Kalloo
    Dermatology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA.
  • A Ben Hadj Hassen
    Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Passau, Passau, Germany.
  • L Thomas
    Department of Dermatology, Lyons Cancer Research Center, Lyon 1 University, Lyon, France.
  • A Enk
    Department of Dermatology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • L Uhlmann
    Department of Medical Biometry, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Christina Alt
  • Monika Arenbergerova
  • Renato Bakos
  • Anne Baltzer
  • Ines Bertlich
  • Andreas Blum
  • Therezia Bokor-Billmann
  • Jonathan Bowling
  • Naira Braghiroli
  • Ralph Braun
  • Kristina Buder-Bakhaya
  • Timo Buhl
  • Horacio Cabo
  • Leo Cabrijan
  • Naciye Cevic
  • Anna Classen
  • David Deltgen
  • Christine Fink
  • Ivelina Georgieva
  • Lara-Elena Hakim-Meibodi
  • Susanne Hanner
  • Franziska Hartmann
  • Julia Hartmann
  • Georg Haus
  • Elti Hoxha
  • Raimonds Karls
  • Hiroshi Koga
  • Jürgen Kreusch
  • Aimilios Lallas
  • Pawel Majenka
  • Ash Marghoob
  • Cesare Massone
  • Lali Mekokishvili
  • Dominik Mestel
  • Volker Meyer
  • Anna Neuberger
  • Kari Nielsen
  • Margaret Oliviero
  • Riccardo Pampena
  • John Paoli
  • Erika Pawlik
  • Barbar Rao
  • Adriana Rendon
  • Teresa Russo
  • Ahmed Sadek
  • Kinga Samhaber
  • Roland Schneiderbauer
  • Anissa Schweizer
  • Ferdinand Toberer
  • Lukas Trennheuser
  • Lyobomira Vlahova
  • Alexander Wald
  • Julia Winkler
  • Priscila Wölbing
  • Iris Zalaudek