The authors analyzed SkinCon, a dataset of 2,211 clinical images annotated with 31 dermatology concepts by trained annotators.
Dermatology concept annotations show systematic skin-tone bias that models inherit and detectors miss
Erythema is annotated far less on dark skin than light skin within the same disease, while pigmentary changes are annotated more, and a model reproduces this pattern.
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Y. Li · M. Bigliardi-Qi · S. Bedros · P. Bigliardi · N. Papanikolopoulos
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The authors audit the SkinCon dermatology concept dataset for skin-tone dependence.
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