Table 1 Melanoma and nevus criteria used in our ontology
From: Dermatologist-like explainable AI enhances trust and confidence in diagnosing melanoma
Melanoma criteria | Nevus criteria |
|---|---|
• Thick reticular or branched lines • Eccentrically located structureless area (any colour except skin colour, white and grey) • Grey patterns • Polymorphous vessels • Pseudopods or radial lines at the lesion margin that do not occupy the entire lesional circumference • Black dots or globules in the periphery of the lesion • White lines or white structureless area • Parallel lines on ridges (acral lesions only) • Pigmentation extends beyond the area of the scar (only after excision) • Pigmentation invades the openings of hair follicles (facial lesions) | • Only one pattern and only one colour • Symmetrical combination of patterns and/or colours • Monomorphic vascular pattern • Pseudopods or radial lines at the lesional margin involving the entire lesional circumference • Parallel lines in the furrows (acral lesions only) • Pigmentation does not extend beyond the area of the scar (only after excision) • Asymmetric combination of multiple patterns and/or colours in the absence of other melanoma criteria • Melanoma simulator |
