From heatmaps to language: Explainable skin cancer diagnosis using CNN–VLM integration with an expert-annotated dataset

Faysal Ahmmed, Asef Rahman Antik, Samanta Mehnaj, Ajmy Alaly, M.F. Mridha

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10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499
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2026-11
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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
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Elsevier BV
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499,
  title = {From heatmaps to language: Explainable skin cancer diagnosis using CNN–VLM integration with an expert-annotated dataset},
  author = {Faysal Ahmmed and Asef Rahman Antik and Samanta Mehnaj and Ajmy Alaly and M.F. Mridha},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Artificial Intelligence in Medicine},
  doi = {10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - From heatmaps to language: Explainable skin cancer diagnosis using CNN–VLM integration with an expert-annotated dataset
AU  - Faysal Ahmmed
AU  - Asef Rahman Antik
AU  - Samanta Mehnaj
AU  - Ajmy Alaly
AU  - M.F. Mridha
PY  - 2026
JO  - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
DO  - 10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499
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Ahmmed, F., Antik, A. R., Mehnaj, S., Alaly, A., & Mridha, M. (2026). From heatmaps to language: Explainable skin cancer diagnosis using CNN–VLM integration with an expert-annotated dataset. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2026.103499

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