Skin Lesion Classification

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Skin lesion classification uses dermoscopic or clinical images, sometimes with patient metadata, to identify lesion types and estimate whether a lesion is malignant. Common approaches include transfer-learned CNNs and vision transformers, ensembles, hierarchical or graph-based models, and fusion of image features with clinical information. Researchers also explore synthetic-image augmentation, domain adaptation, fairness-aware training, and uncertainty estimates to address scarce or imbalanced data and make predictions more interpretable. High scores on benchmarks such as HAM10000 and ISIC do not ensure reliable clinical performance: external validation, calibration, image quality, and shifts in disease mix or skin tone remain important challenges.

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  1. Contrastive Adapter Training and Consensus Knowledge Distillation for Multi-Source-Free Domain Adaptation in Skin Cancer Diagnosis

    Nov 2, 2026Ali Abedi, Q. M. Jonathan Wu, Ning Zhang +1Source-Free Domain AdaptationMulti-Source Domain Adaptation

    University of Windsor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Queen’s University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2. Evaluating Synthetic Skin Lesion Images for Classifier Training: A Safety-Aware Algorithm

    Nov 2, 2026Amindu Kumarasinghe, Vinh Bui, Reza GhanbarzadehSynthetic Data EvaluationSynthetic Data Selection

    Southern Cross University · Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

  3. Testing concept-level audits of melanoma classifiers with diffusion counterfactuals and matched positive controls

    Nov 1, 2026Md Shohanoor Rahman, Md Hasibul Islam, Md Kishor Morol +2Explainable Medical Image AnalysisExplanation Evaluation

    Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi, 6204, Bangladesh · Department of Computer Science & Engineering, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh · ELITE Research Lab, Queens, NY, 11435, USA +1

  4. A Lightweight Attention-Based CNN with Saliency-Map Interpretability for Skin Cancer Detection

    Oct 27, 2026Sanjana Islam Kasfia, Md. Ismiel Hossen Abir, AKM Bahalul Haque +1Skin Lesion ClassificationLightweight CNNs

    Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, International Standard University, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Dept. of Public Health and Life Sciences, Canadian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Faculty of Science & Engineering, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

  5. GAMF-Net: Grouped Availability-Aware Multimodal Fusion for Smartphone Skin Lesion Classification

    Oct 20, 2026Yue Zhuo, Jingjia Yan, Fangyu Liu +4Skin Lesion ClassificationMultimodal Classification

    Huizhou University, Huizhou 516007, Guangdong, China

  6. Less Is More: A Leakage-Controlled Study of Dermoscopic Preprocessing for Joint Skin Lesion Classification and Segmentation with YOLO26

    Oct 6, 2026Truong Viet Vu, Nguyen Chi Hai, Nguyen Phuc Nguyen +3Skin Lesion ClassificationMedical Image Segmentation

    Faculty of Information Technology, Van Lang School of Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

  7. Multi-Dataset Diagnostic Utility of Clinical Visual Concepts in AI Systems for Dermatology

    Oct 6, 2026Linda Wermelinger, Simone Lionetti, Fabian Gröger +6Skin Lesion ClassificationExplainable Medical Image Analysis

    University of Basel · Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts · University Hospital of Basel

  8. On Impact of Loss Function on the Performance of Neural Networks in Melanoma Diagnosis

    Oct 5, 2026Morgan May, Pierpaolo Dondio, Simon CatonClass-Imbalanced LearningSkin Lesion Classification

    Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland · Research Ireland Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning, ML-Labs, Dublin, Ireland · Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland +1

  9. Masked Privileged-Information Distillation for Multimodal Skin Lesion Classification Under Missing Clinical Metadata

    Oct 2, 2026Anirban Barua, Md Mahir Abrar Khan, Ayman Iktidar +1Skin Lesion ClassificationMultimodal Classification

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering Chittagong Independent University (CIU), Chattogram, Bangladesh

  10. Bridging Research and Practice: A Systematic Evaluation of Generalist and Dermatology-Specific Models in Clinical Skin Lesion Classification

    Oct 2, 2026Emanoel dos Santos, Kelvin Cunha, Rodrigo Mota +8Skin Lesion ClassificationDermatology

    Centro de Informática, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil · Hospital das Clinicas, Ebserh, UFPE, Pernambuco, Brazil

  11. CAMEO: A Class-Activation-Mapped Equitable Overlay Framework for Fair and Robust Deep Learning-based Skin Condition Diagnosis

    Sep 28, 2026Youssef Attia, Debasmita MukherjeeSkin Lesion ClassificationAlgorithmic Fairness

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

  12. CG-HAF: An Interpretable Global-Local Lesion-Burden Fusion Framework for Ordinal Acne Severity Grading in Agentic Skincare Support

    Sep 25, 2026Muhammad Muhtasim Shahriar, Md. Naimur Asif Borno, Saad Aloteibi +1Medical Image AnalysisExplainable Medical Image Analysis

    Department of Computer Science, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Chittagong, Bangladesh · Department of Mechatronics, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh · Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Applied Studies, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11437, Saudi Arabia +3

  13. MDSkin-Net: Multi-Task Skin Lesion Analysis Driven by Pattern Analysis Priors and Spatial Alignment Regularization

    Sep 25, 2026Yijian Li, Saad Bedros, Paul Bigliardi +3Skin Lesion ClassificationSkin Lesion Segmentation

    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  14. MedTokenBudget: Lesion-Preserving Token Routing for Dermoscopic Image Classification

    Sep 24, 2026Zhexiang LiVisual Token PruningEfficient ViTs

    University of California, Los Angeles

  15. Benchmarking Off-the-Shelf Multimodal AI Models Against Dermatologists on Patient-Captured Skin Images

    Sep 21, 2026Rian Dolphin, Laura KnowlesSkin Lesion ClassificationMedical VLMs

    Independent Research, Dublin, Ireland · School of Medicine, University of Limerick, Ireland

  16. A Comparative Evaluation of Pre-trained Convolutional Neural Networks for Melanoma Detection

    Sep 10, 2026Wagner Moreno Schmitz, Marco Antonio de Castro Barbosa, Thiago Magalhães Amaral +2Skin Lesion ClassificationMedical Image Classification

    Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (Univasf), Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil · Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Pato Branco, Paraná, Brasil

  17. Adaptive Conformal Redistribution for Inter-class Transitional Uncertainty in Medical Image Classification

    Sep 10, 2026Saibal Ghosh, Samarup Bhattacharya, Sanjoy Kumar Saha +2Medical Image ClassificationConformal Prediction

    Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 700108, India · Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India · University College London, London WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom

  18. Deep Learning for Biopsy-Free Subtyping of Basal Cell Carcinoma from Dermatoscopic Images

    Sep 7, 2026Alexandros Papadopoulos, Chrysa Episkopou, Ioannis Sarafis +2Skin Lesion ClassificationCancer Subtype Classification

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece · First Department of Dermatology Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

  19. An Attention-Guided Global and Local Fusion Framework for Lesion-Focused Image Classification

    Sep 4, 2026Mst Shafia Tasnima, Md Samaun Elaheea, Tanjim Taharat Aurpab +1Image ClassificationFeature Fusion

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh · Department of Data Science and Engineering, University of Frontier Technology, Bangladesh (UFTB), Gazipur, Bangladesh

  20. Disease Burden over Skin Tone: Decomposing the Dermatology-AI Generalization Gap

    Sep 2, 2026Nirajan Kunwor, Sanjaya Poudel, Quoc-Huy Trinh +2Domain GeneralizationSkin Lesion Classification

    Tribhuvan University · North Carolina A&T State University · Aalto University +1

  21. Evidence-Driven Differential Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma

    Aug 28, 2026Naren Akash, Anirudh Kaushik, Jayanthi SivaswamySkin Lesion ClassificationDermatology

    Center for Visual Information Technology International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, India

  22. DNA Methylation Profiling in Melanoma: From Lesion Classification to Therapeutic Stratification

    Aug 19, 2026Jana T. Winterstein, Lukas Heinlein, Günter Raddatz +34Skin Lesion ClassificationCancer Genomics

    Division of Digital Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy Guidance, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), INF 223, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany · Medical Faculty, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany · Department of Epigenetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany +24

  23. MIFR: A Modality-Invariant and Fair Representation Framework for Skin Disease Classification

    Aug 19, 2026Asonyu Senge Njih, Yvan Guifo Fodjo, Vianney Kengne Tchendji +2Fairness in Medical Image ClassificationSkin Lesion Classification

    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Dschang, Cameroon · EFREI Research Lab, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, France · MIS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France +1

  24. Picking the Right Image to Classify: Reliable-Input Selection in Teledermatology

    Aug 17, 2026Fabian Gröger, Marco Weishaupt, Philippe Gottfrois +6Data SelectionHealthcare

    University of Basel · Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts · University Hospital Basel

  25. Uncertainty Identifies Difficult Samples Across Methods: A Multi-Task Study on a Heterogeneous Skin Lesion Dataset

    Aug 14, 2026Leon Koole, Jiapan Guo, Matias Valdenegro-ToroUncertainty QuantificationUncertainty Calibration

    Bernoulli Institute, University of Groningen, Netherlands

  26. Uncertainty-Aware and Explainable Ensemble Deep Learning Framework for Multi-Class Skin Lesion Classification

    Aug 11, 2026Rofiqul Islam, Lilatul FerdouseSkin Lesion ClassificationDeep Ensembles

    Department of Computer Science and Physics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada

  27. Integrating Implicit and Explicit Relational Biases through Graph-Based Multiple Instance Learning: A Case Study in Skin Lesion Diagnosis

    Aug 6, 2026Rafał Buler, Jakub Buler, Maciej Bobowicz +1Skin Lesion ClassificationGraph Representation Learning

    Gdańsk University of Technology · Gda´nsk University of Technology, Gda´nsk, Poland · Medical University of Gdańsk +1

  28. Multimodal Skin Lesion Classification with Swin Transformer and Clinical Metadata Fusion

    Aug 4, 2026Nethmi Pathirana, Isuru Munasinghe, Dileeka AlwisSkin Lesion ClassificationMultimodal Classification

    School of Computing, Informatics Institute of Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka · Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka

  29. Searching for Robust Augmentations to Improve Out-of-Domain Generalization in Dermoscopic Skin Cancer Classification

    Jul 29, 2026Alexander Kozachok, Ilya Latyshev, Evgeny Karpulevich +3Skin Lesion ClassificationData Augmentation

    Trusted AI Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 109004 Moscow, Russia

  30. Privileged Lesion-Context Relational Distillation for Mask-Free Skin Lesion Classification

    Jul 21, 2026Abu Mukaddim Rahi, Md Mithun Hossain, Md Zulficar Hasan Joy +2Skin Lesion ClassificationMedical Image Classification

    Department of IT in Artificial Intelligence, Victoria University, Footscray, VIC, Australia · BUBT Resarch Graduate School, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh · Department of Artificial Intelligence, Daffodil Institute of Information Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh +2