The fourth issue of the iToBoS newsletter has been launched

Offering a handful of assorted articles and updates, this release offers content about the project, technology and trends.

Optical Technologies for Skin Cancer Detection

Optical technologies are a promising tool for the early detection of melanoma, which is a type of skin cancer that can be aggressive and deadly if not detected and treated in its early stages.

Risk scores in melanoma detection

Melanoma is the third most common cancer in Australia, but Australians have widely variable risk of developing melanoma. This makes it hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to early detection.

Digital Hair Removal

Digital hair removal is a technique that is used to improve the accuracy and reliability of dermoscopic images of melanoma, which is a type of skin cancer.

When melanomas don’t look like melanomas

Most people who know about melanomas have a particular idea of what they look like: dark brown or black blotches or lumps. Many melanomas do look like this, so it’s what many machine learning algorithms are taught to look for.

Improving Explanations with Model Canonization

Backpropagation and rule-based XAI methods are prominent choices to explain neural network predictions. This is due to their speed and efficiency, as the computation of explanations only requires one backward pass through the model.

Ethical and governance considerations for genomic data sharing in the development of medical technologies for melanoma

It’s the ethical imperative of medical providers and researchers to improve the health outcomes of either their patients or the general public.

What are the risk factors for melanoma?

The connection between sun exposure and skin cancers, such as melanoma, is well acknowledged. However, some people are at higher risk of melanoma than others, meaning they may require less sun exposure to cause the DNA damage which can lead to skin cancers.

Mole matching in iToBoS project

We are all familiar with text search which returns document similar to our query. It is also possible to perform similar search but with images.