Skin Lesion Classification Using a Soft Voting Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.20431v1
• Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:20:47 GMT
• Title: Skin Lesion Classification Using a Soft Voting Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Networks
• Authors: Abdullah Al Shafi, Abdul Muntakim, Pintu Chandra Shill, Rowzatul Zannat, Abdullah Al-Amin,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents an early skin cancer classification method using a soft voting ensemble of CNNs.<n>The method achieved lesion recognition accuracies of 96.32%, 90.86%, and 93.92% for the three datasets.
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• Abstract: Skin cancer can be identified by dermoscopic examination and ocular inspection, but early detection significantly increases survival chances. Artificial intelligence (AI), using annotated skin images and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), improves diagnostic accuracy. This paper presents an early skin cancer classification method using a soft voting ensemble of CNNs. In this investigation, three benchmark datasets, namely HAM10000, ISIC 2016, and ISIC 2019, were used. The process involved rebalancing, image augmentation, and filtering techniques, followed by a hybrid dual encoder for segmentation via transfer learning. Accurate segmentation focused classification models on clinically significant features, reducing background artifacts and improving accuracy. Classification was performed through an ensemble of MobileNetV2, VGG19, and InceptionV3, balancing accuracy and speed for real-world deployment. The method achieved lesion recognition accuracies of 96.32\%, 90.86\%, and 93.92\% for the three datasets. The system performance was evaluated using established skin lesion detection metrics, yielding impressive results.

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