Evaluation of Melanoma Thickness with Clinical Close-up and Dermoscopic Images Using a Convolutional Neural Network.

Autor: Gillstedt M, Mannius L, Paoli J, Dahlén Gyllencreutz J, Fougelberg J, Johansson Backman E, Pakka J, Zaar O, Polesie S; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gröna stråket 16, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden. sam.polesie@vgregion.se.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta dermato-venereologica [Acta Derm Venereol] 2022 Oct 11; Vol. 102, pp. adv00790. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 11.
DOI: 10.2340/actadv.v102.2681
Abstrakt: Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have shown promise in discriminating between invasive and in situ melanomas. The aim of this study was to analyse how a CNN model, integrating both clinical close-up and dermoscopic images, performed compared with 6 independent dermatologists. The secondary aim was to address which clinical and dermoscopic features dermatologists found to be suggestive of invasive and in situ melanomas, respectively. A retrospective investigation was conducted including 1,578 cases of paired images of invasive (n = 728, 46.1%) and in situ melanomas (n = 850, 53.9%). All images were obtained from the Department of Dermatology and Venereology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and were randomized to a training set (n = 1,078), a validation set (n = 200) and a test set (n = 300). The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) among the dermatologists ranged from 0.75 (95% confidence interval 0.70-0.81) to 0.80 (95% confidence interval 0.75-0.85). The combined dermatologists' AUC was 0.80 (95% confidence interval 0.77-0.86), which was significantly higher than the CNN model (0.73, 95% confidence interval 0.67-0.78, p = 0.001). Three of the dermatologists significantly outperformed the CNN. Shiny white lines, atypical blue-white structures and polymorphous vessels displayed a moderate interobserver agreement, and these features also correlated with invasive melanoma. Prospective trials are needed to address the clinical usefulness of CNN models in this setting.
Databáze: MEDLINE