Dermatological disease detection using image processing and artificial neural network

Skin diseases are among the most common health problems worldwide. In this article we proposed a method that uses computer vision based techniques to detect various kinds of dermatological skin diseases. We have used different types of image processing algorithms for feature extraction and feed forward artificial neural network for training and testing purpose. The system works on two phases- first pre-process the colour skin images to extract significant features and later identifies the diseases. The system successfully detects 9 different types of dermatological skin diseases with an accuracy rate of 90%.

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