Research Article

Remote Diagnosis and Triaging Model for Skin Cancer Using EfficientNet and Extreme Gradient Boosting

Table 1

Description of the PAD-UFES-20 clinical data.

FeaturesData typeData set description

FitzpatrickCategorical (1–5)It is a phototype used to define a person’s skin type in terms of response to (UVR) exposure
RegionCategorical (15 categories)The location of the skin lesion in the patient’s body
Diameter_1NumericalSkin lesions’ horizontal diameters
Diameter_2NumericalSkin lesions’ vertical diameters
DiagnosticCategorical (6 categories)Skin cancer types, that is, ACK, MEL, NEV, and so on
ItchBooleanSkin lesion itching
GrewBooleanSkin lesion grew
HurtBooleanSkin lesion hurts
ChangedBooleanSkin lesion has recently changed
BleedBooleanSkin lesion is bleeding
ElevationBooleanSkin lesion has an elevation
BiopsedBooleanDiagnosis from clinical data or lab test biopsy