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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We're happy to announce the release of the training datasets for all 3 parts of the 2018 International Skin Imaging Collaboration (ISIC) Skin Image Analysis Challenge, hosted at MICCAI. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>- Part 1: Lesion Segmentation<br>Predict lesion segmentation masks from dermoscopic images. 2600 images for training, 100 for validation, 1000 for test. $2,500 prize for top performing algorithm.<br> <br>- Part 2: Lesion Attribute Detection<br>Classify and localize clinical dermoscopic attribute patterns as binary masks. Categories include "network", "negative network", "streaks", "milia-like cysts", "dots and globules". 2600 images for training, 100 for validation, 1000 for test. $2,500 prize for top performing algorithm.<br> <br>Part 3: Disease Classification<br>Classify disease categories for dermoscopic images. 7 disease states, including "Nevus", "Dermatofibroma", "Melanoma", "Pigmented Actinic Keratoses / Bowen's Disease", "Pigmented Benign Keratoses", "Basal Cell Carcinoma", and "Vascular Lesions". 10,000 images provided for training, 200 for validation, 2000 for test. $2,500 prize for top performing algorithm.<br> <br>Please see the associated workshop and challenge websites for more information:<br> <br><a href="http://workshop2018.isic-archive.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://workshop2018.isic-archi<wbr>ve.com/</a><br><a href="http://challenge2018.isic-archive.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://challenge2018.isic-arch<wbr>ive.com/</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Best regards,</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">ISIC 2018 Workshop and Challenge Organizers</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">M. Emre Celebi Ph.D. (University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas, USA)</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(25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Professor and Chair<br>
Department of Computer Science<br>University of Central Arkansas</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="http://faculty.uca.edu/ecelebi/" target="_blank">http://faculty.uca.edu/ecelebi/</a><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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