Review of medical image recognition technologies to detect melanomas using neural networks.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Melanoma is one of the most aggressive types of cancer that has become a world-class problem. According to the World Health Organization estimates, 132,000 cases of the disease and 66,000 deaths from malignant melanoma and other forms of skin cancer are reported annually worldwide ( https://apps.who.int/gho/data/?theme=main ) and those numbers continue to grow. In our opinion, due to the increasing incidence of the disease, it is necessary to find new, easy to use and sensitive methods for the early diagnosis of melanoma in a large number of people around the world. Over the last decade, neural networks show highly sensitive, specific, and accurate results.

Authors

  • Mila Efimenko
    Digital Health Institute, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.
  • Alexander Ignatev
    Moscow Scientific and Practical Center of Dermatology, Venereology and Cosmetology of Moscow City Health Department, Moscow, Russia.
  • Konstantin Koshechkin
    Digital Health Institute, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia. Koshechkin@expmed.ru.