MultiTask Learning AI system to assist BCC diagnosis with dual explanation

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Hauptverfasser: Matas, Iván, Serrano, Carmen, Silva, Francisca, Serrano, Amalia, Toledo-Pastrana, Tomás, Acha, Begoña
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author Matas, Iván
Serrano, Carmen
Silva, Francisca
Serrano, Amalia
Toledo-Pastrana, Tomás
Acha, Begoña
author_facet Matas, Iván
Serrano, Carmen
Silva, Francisca
Serrano, Amalia
Toledo-Pastrana, Tomás
Acha, Begoña
contents Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for about 75% of skin cancers. The adoption of teledermatology protocols in Spanish public hospitals has increased dermatologists' workload, motivating the development of AI tools for lesion prioritization. However, limited transparency in current systems hinders clinical acceptance. This study proposes an AI system for BCC detection from dermoscopic images that integrates dermatologist diagnostic criteria based on specific dermoscopic patterns. We analyzed 1559 dermoscopic images from 60 primary care centers annotated by four dermatologists for seven BCC patterns. An Expectation-Maximization consensus algorithm was used to build a unified standard reference. A multitask learning model based on MobileNet-V2 was developed to classify lesions and identify clinically relevant patterns, supported by Grad-CAM visual explanations. The system achieved 90% accuracy in BCC classification (precision 0.90, recall 0.89). Clinically relevant BCC patterns were correctly detected in 99% of positive cases, and the pigment network exclusion criterion was satisfied in 95% of non-BCC cases. Grad-CAM maps showed strong spatial agreement with dermatologist-defined regions. The proposed system combines accurate BCC detection with transparent pattern-based explanations, helping bridge the gap between AI performance and clinical trust in teledermatology.
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spellingShingle MultiTask Learning AI system to assist BCC diagnosis with dual explanation
Matas, Iván
Serrano, Carmen
Silva, Francisca
Serrano, Amalia
Toledo-Pastrana, Tomás
Acha, Begoña
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Information Retrieval
Image and Video Processing
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) accounts for about 75% of skin cancers. The adoption of teledermatology protocols in Spanish public hospitals has increased dermatologists' workload, motivating the development of AI tools for lesion prioritization. However, limited transparency in current systems hinders clinical acceptance. This study proposes an AI system for BCC detection from dermoscopic images that integrates dermatologist diagnostic criteria based on specific dermoscopic patterns. We analyzed 1559 dermoscopic images from 60 primary care centers annotated by four dermatologists for seven BCC patterns. An Expectation-Maximization consensus algorithm was used to build a unified standard reference. A multitask learning model based on MobileNet-V2 was developed to classify lesions and identify clinically relevant patterns, supported by Grad-CAM visual explanations. The system achieved 90% accuracy in BCC classification (precision 0.90, recall 0.89). Clinically relevant BCC patterns were correctly detected in 99% of positive cases, and the pigment network exclusion criterion was satisfied in 95% of non-BCC cases. Grad-CAM maps showed strong spatial agreement with dermatologist-defined regions. The proposed system combines accurate BCC detection with transparent pattern-based explanations, helping bridge the gap between AI performance and clinical trust in teledermatology.
title MultiTask Learning AI system to assist BCC diagnosis with dual explanation
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Information Retrieval
Image and Video Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00104