Development of a Machine Learning based model for early screening for oral cancer

Authors

  • Ivisson Alexandre Pereira da Silva Cesmac University Center
  • Catarina Rodrigues Rosa de Oliveira Cesmac University Center
  • José Marcos dos Santos Oliveira Cesmac University Center
  • Carlos Alberto Correia Lessa Filho Cesmac University Center
  • Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira Cesmac University Center

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v8i3.2532

Keywords:

Oral cancer, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning

Abstract

Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is the most frequent type of oral cancer, accounting for about 40% of malignant head and neck lesions. It ́s known that the favorable prognosis is associated with early diagnosis, since the survival rate increases as a function of the diagnosis in the early stages of the disease. Thus, the objective of this work was to implement and train a Machine Learning model that can help in the diagnosis of oral cancer. Through technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) that can use images in their analyses, it ́s sought to improve the prognosis of oral cancer through its early detection. Using the branch of AI, Machine Learning and its subgroup Deep Learning, it becomes possible through Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to perform an image screening of malignant and premalignant lesions, in order to identify the presence or not of oral cancer. The RNC structure is based on the MobileNet structure, which separates the images into fragments and after training, showed the identification of cancer in 91% of the images examined and of Leukoplakia in 84% of the analyzed images.

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Author Biographies

Ivisson Alexandre Pereira da Silva, Cesmac University Center

Student, researcher and master's student of the Professional Master's Degree in Health Research, in Cesmac University Center.

Catarina Rodrigues Rosa de Oliveira, Cesmac University Center

Teacher, Master in Stomatology and Radiology by São Leopoldo Mandic, teacher in the discipline of Clinical Propedeutics in Cesmac University Center.

José Marcos dos Santos Oliveira, Cesmac University Center

Teacher, PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology in Cesmac University Center, teacher at the Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology at and Federal University of Alagoas and of Pharmacy at Cesmac University Center.

Carlos Alberto Correia Lessa Filho, Cesmac University Center

Teacher, researcher, specialist in software development and teacher of Artificial Intelligence discipline in Cesmac University Center.

Sonia Maria Soares Ferreira, Cesmac University Center

Teacher, researcher, coordinator of the Professional Master's Degree in Health Research, in Cesmac University Center.

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Published

2023-07-03

How to Cite

Pereira da Silva, I. A., Rodrigues Rosa de Oliveira, C., dos Santos Oliveira, J. M., Correia Lessa Filho, C. A., & Soares Ferreira, S. M. (2023). Development of a Machine Learning based model for early screening for oral cancer. Diversitas Journal, 8(3), 1488–1493. https://doi.org/10.48017/dj.v8i3.2532

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