Cancer-Net SCa-Synth: An Open Access Synthetically Generated 2D Skin Lesion Dataset for Skin Cancer Classification

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Hauptverfasser: Tai, Chi-en Amy, Ding, Oustan, Wong, Alexander
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author Tai, Chi-en Amy
Ding, Oustan
Wong, Alexander
author_facet Tai, Chi-en Amy
Ding, Oustan
Wong, Alexander
contents In the United States, skin cancer ranks as the most commonly diagnosed cancer, presenting a significant public health issue due to its high rates of occurrence and the risk of serious complications if not caught early. Recent advancements in dataset curation and deep learning have shown promise in quick and accurate detection of skin cancer. However, current open-source datasets have significant class imbalances which impedes the effectiveness of these deep learning models. In healthcare, generative artificial intelligence (AI) models have been employed to create synthetic data, addressing data imbalance in datasets by augmenting underrepresented classes and enhancing the overall quality and performance of machine learning models. In this paper, we build on top of previous work by leveraging new advancements in generative AI, notably Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth. We introduce Cancer-Net SCa-Synth, an open access synthetically generated 2D skin lesion dataset for skin cancer classification. Further analysis on the data effectiveness by comparing the ISIC 2020 test set performance for training with and without these synthetic images for a simple model highlights the benefits of leveraging synthetic data to improve performance. Cancer-Net SCa-Synth is publicly available at https://github.com/catai9/Cancer-Net-SCa-Synth as part of a global open-source initiative for accelerating machine learning for cancer care.
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spellingShingle Cancer-Net SCa-Synth: An Open Access Synthetically Generated 2D Skin Lesion Dataset for Skin Cancer Classification
Tai, Chi-en Amy
Ding, Oustan
Wong, Alexander
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
In the United States, skin cancer ranks as the most commonly diagnosed cancer, presenting a significant public health issue due to its high rates of occurrence and the risk of serious complications if not caught early. Recent advancements in dataset curation and deep learning have shown promise in quick and accurate detection of skin cancer. However, current open-source datasets have significant class imbalances which impedes the effectiveness of these deep learning models. In healthcare, generative artificial intelligence (AI) models have been employed to create synthetic data, addressing data imbalance in datasets by augmenting underrepresented classes and enhancing the overall quality and performance of machine learning models. In this paper, we build on top of previous work by leveraging new advancements in generative AI, notably Stable Diffusion and DreamBooth. We introduce Cancer-Net SCa-Synth, an open access synthetically generated 2D skin lesion dataset for skin cancer classification. Further analysis on the data effectiveness by comparing the ISIC 2020 test set performance for training with and without these synthetic images for a simple model highlights the benefits of leveraging synthetic data to improve performance. Cancer-Net SCa-Synth is publicly available at https://github.com/catai9/Cancer-Net-SCa-Synth as part of a global open-source initiative for accelerating machine learning for cancer care.
title Cancer-Net SCa-Synth: An Open Access Synthetically Generated 2D Skin Lesion Dataset for Skin Cancer Classification
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05269