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Intelligent skin cancer diagnosis using improved particle swarm optimization and deep learning models
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posted on 2019-11-01, 00:00 authored by T Y Tan, L Zhang, Chee Peng LimChee Peng Lim© 2019 In this research, we propose an intelligent decision support system for skin cancer detection. Since generating an effective lesion representation is a vital step to ensure the success of lesion classification, the discriminative power of different types of features is exploited. Specifically, we combine clinically important asymmetry, border irregularity, colour and dermoscopic structure features with texture features extracted using Grey Level Run Length Matrix, Local Binary Patterns, and Histogram of Oriented Gradients operators for lesion representation. Then, we propose two enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) models for feature optimization. The first model employs adaptive acceleration coefficients, multiple remote leaders, in-depth sub-dimension feature search and re-initialization mechanisms to overcome stagnation. The second model uses random acceleration coefficients, instead of adaptive ones, based on non-linear circle, sine and helix functions, respectively, to increase diversification and intensification. Ensemble classifiers are also constructed with each base model trained using each optimized feature subset. A deep convolutional neural network is devised whose hyper-parameters are fine-tuned using the proposed PSO models. Extensive experimental studies using dermoscopic skin lesion data, medical data from the UCI machine learning repository, and ALL-IDB2 image data are conducted to evaluate the model efficiency systematically. The results from empirical evaluations and statistical tests indicate the superiority of the proposed models over other advanced PSO variants and classical search methods pertaining to discriminative feature selection and optimal hyper-parameter identification for deep learning networks in lesion classification as well as other disease diagnosis.
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Applied Soft Computing JournalVolume
84Article number
105725Pagination
1 - 19Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1568-4946Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalUsage metrics
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Skin cancer detectionFeature selectionHyper-parameter tuningEvolutionary algorithmDeep and ensemble classifierScience & TechnologyTechnologyComputer Science, Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science, Interdisciplinary ApplicationsComputer ScienceFEATURE-SELECTIONIMAGE SEGMENTATIONALGORITHMCLASSIFICATIONSYSTEMInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence and Image Processing
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