A Polarized Skin Dermatoscope System for Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Diagnosis
Traditional skin microscopy heavily relies on the clinical experience of physicians ,and the complexity of skin mi-croscopy images poses significant challenges to clinical diagnosis. In response to this situation ,a polarized skin microscopy system with artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic functionality has been developed. This system utilizes polarized illumi-nation imaging technology. After magnification through an eyepiece system ,a continuously operating industrial camera cap-tures a large volume of real-time raw skin microscopy data images and transfers them to the host computer. The images are preprocessed using the built-in image processing module in the host computer and are then classified using a trained convolutional neural network ,VGG16 ,for skin microscopy images. Finally ,users can view the diagnostic results through the skin microscopy diagnostic platform. This system allows for a clearer and more effective observation of the morphological characteristics of lesions in deep skin tissues. The classification accuracy of skin microscopy images captured by the system reaches 93.6%,making it suitable for clinical diagnosis and treatment.