Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Furht, Borko
Abstract
Skin cancer is a major medical problem. If not detected early enough, skin cancer like melanoma can turn fatal. As a result, early detection of skin cancer, like other types of cancer, is key for survival. In recent times, deep learning methods have been explored to create improved skin lesion diagnosis tools. In some cases, the accuracy of these methods has reached dermatologist level of accuracy. For this thesis, a full-fledged cloud-based diagnosis system powered by convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with near dermatologist level accuracy has been designed and implemented in part to increase early detection of skin cancer. A large range of client devices can connect to the system to upload digital lesion images and request diagnosis results from the diagnosis pipeline. The diagnosis is handled by a two-stage CNN pipeline hosted on a server where a preliminary CNN performs quality check on user requests, and a diagnosis CNN that outputs lesion predictions.
Extent
55 p.
Recommended Citation
Akar, Esad, "Cloud-based Skin Lesion Diagnosis System using Convolutional Neural Networks" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 1887.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/1887
Identifier
FA00013150
Comments
Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.