Skin lesions have become a critical illness worldwide,and the earlier identification of skin lesions using dermoscopic images can raise the survival rate.Classification of the skin lesion from those dermoscopic images...Skin lesions have become a critical illness worldwide,and the earlier identification of skin lesions using dermoscopic images can raise the survival rate.Classification of the skin lesion from those dermoscopic images will be a tedious task.The accuracy of the classification of skin lesions is improved by the use of deep learning models.Recently,convolutional neural networks(CNN)have been established in this domain,and their techniques are extremely established for feature extraction,leading to enhanced classification.With this motivation,this study focuses on the design of artificial intelligence(AI)based solutions,particularly deep learning(DL)algorithms,to distinguish malignant skin lesions from benign lesions in dermoscopic images.This study presents an automated skin lesion detection and classification technique utilizing optimized stacked sparse autoen-coder(OSSAE)based feature extractor with backpropagation neural network(BPNN),named the OSSAE-BPNN technique.The proposed technique contains a multi-level thresholding based segmentation technique for detecting the affected lesion region.In addition,the OSSAE based feature extractor and BPNN based classifier are employed for skin lesion diagnosis.Moreover,the parameter tuning of the SSAE model is carried out by the use of sea gull optimization(SGO)algo-rithm.To showcase the enhanced outcomes of the OSSAE-BPNN model,a comprehensive experimental analysis is performed on the benchmark dataset.The experimentalfindings demonstrated that the OSSAE-BPNN approach outper-formed other current strategies in terms of several assessment metrics.展开更多
Internet of Medical Things(IoMT)enabled e-healthcare has the potential to greately improve conventional healthcare services significantly.However,security and privacy become major issues of IoMT because of the restric...Internet of Medical Things(IoMT)enabled e-healthcare has the potential to greately improve conventional healthcare services significantly.However,security and privacy become major issues of IoMT because of the restricted processing abilities,storage,and energy constraints of the sensors.Therefore,it leads to infeasibility of developing traditional cryptographic solutions to the IoMT sensors.In order to ensure security on sensitive medical data,effective encryption and authentication techniques need to be designed to assure security of the patients and healthcare service providers.In this view,this study designs an effective metaheuristic optimization based encryption with user authentication(EMOE-UA)technique for IoMT environment.This work proposes an EMOE-UA technique aims to accomplish mutual authentication for addressing the security issues and reducing the computational complexity.Moreover,the EMOE-UA technique employs optimal multikey homomorphic encryption(OMKHE)technique to encrypt the IoMT data.Furthermore,the improved social spider optimization algorithm(ISSOA)was employed for the optimal multikey generation of the MKHE technique.The experimental result analysis of the EMOE-UA technique takes place using benchmark data and the results are examined under various aspects.The simulation results reported the considerably better performance of the EMOE-UA technique over the existing techniques.展开更多
Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)are a major element of Internet of Things(IoT)networks which offer seamless sensing and wireless connectivity.Disaster management in smart cities can be considered as a safety critical ap...Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)are a major element of Internet of Things(IoT)networks which offer seamless sensing and wireless connectivity.Disaster management in smart cities can be considered as a safety critical application.Therefore,it becomes essential in ensuring network accessibility by improving the lifetime of IoT assisted WSN.Clustering and multihop routing are considered beneficial solutions to accomplish energy efficiency in IoT networks.This article designs an IoT enabled energy aware metaheuristic clustering with routing protocol for real time disaster management(EAMCR-RTDM).The proposed EAMCR-RTDM technique mainly intends to manage the energy utilization of nodes with the consideration of the features of the disaster region.To achieve this,EAMCR-RTDM technique primarily designs a yellow saddle goatfish based clustering(YSGF-C)technique to elect cluster heads(CHs)and organize clusters.In addition,enhanced cockroach swarm optimization(ECSO)based multihop routing(ECSO-MHR)approach was derived for optimal route selection.The YSGF-C and ECSO-MHR techniques compute fitness functions using different input variables for achieving improved energy efficiency and network lifetime.The design of YSGF-C and ECSO-MHR techniques for disaster management in IoT networks shows the novelty of the work.For examining the improved outcomes of the EAMCR-RTDM system,a wide range of simulations were performed and the extensive results are assessed in terms of different measures.The comparative outcomes highlighted the enhanced outcomes of the EAMCRRTDM algorithm over the existing approaches.展开更多
基金University Research Committee fund URC-UJ2019,awarded to Kingsley A.Ogudo.
文摘Skin lesions have become a critical illness worldwide,and the earlier identification of skin lesions using dermoscopic images can raise the survival rate.Classification of the skin lesion from those dermoscopic images will be a tedious task.The accuracy of the classification of skin lesions is improved by the use of deep learning models.Recently,convolutional neural networks(CNN)have been established in this domain,and their techniques are extremely established for feature extraction,leading to enhanced classification.With this motivation,this study focuses on the design of artificial intelligence(AI)based solutions,particularly deep learning(DL)algorithms,to distinguish malignant skin lesions from benign lesions in dermoscopic images.This study presents an automated skin lesion detection and classification technique utilizing optimized stacked sparse autoen-coder(OSSAE)based feature extractor with backpropagation neural network(BPNN),named the OSSAE-BPNN technique.The proposed technique contains a multi-level thresholding based segmentation technique for detecting the affected lesion region.In addition,the OSSAE based feature extractor and BPNN based classifier are employed for skin lesion diagnosis.Moreover,the parameter tuning of the SSAE model is carried out by the use of sea gull optimization(SGO)algo-rithm.To showcase the enhanced outcomes of the OSSAE-BPNN model,a comprehensive experimental analysis is performed on the benchmark dataset.The experimentalfindings demonstrated that the OSSAE-BPNN approach outper-formed other current strategies in terms of several assessment metrics.
基金funded by Dirección General de Investigaciones of Universidad Santiago de Cali under call No.01-2021.
文摘Internet of Medical Things(IoMT)enabled e-healthcare has the potential to greately improve conventional healthcare services significantly.However,security and privacy become major issues of IoMT because of the restricted processing abilities,storage,and energy constraints of the sensors.Therefore,it leads to infeasibility of developing traditional cryptographic solutions to the IoMT sensors.In order to ensure security on sensitive medical data,effective encryption and authentication techniques need to be designed to assure security of the patients and healthcare service providers.In this view,this study designs an effective metaheuristic optimization based encryption with user authentication(EMOE-UA)technique for IoMT environment.This work proposes an EMOE-UA technique aims to accomplish mutual authentication for addressing the security issues and reducing the computational complexity.Moreover,the EMOE-UA technique employs optimal multikey homomorphic encryption(OMKHE)technique to encrypt the IoMT data.Furthermore,the improved social spider optimization algorithm(ISSOA)was employed for the optimal multikey generation of the MKHE technique.The experimental result analysis of the EMOE-UA technique takes place using benchmark data and the results are examined under various aspects.The simulation results reported the considerably better performance of the EMOE-UA technique over the existing techniques.
基金This research has been funded by Dirección General de Investigaciones of Universidad Santiago de Cali under call No.01–2021.
文摘Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs)are a major element of Internet of Things(IoT)networks which offer seamless sensing and wireless connectivity.Disaster management in smart cities can be considered as a safety critical application.Therefore,it becomes essential in ensuring network accessibility by improving the lifetime of IoT assisted WSN.Clustering and multihop routing are considered beneficial solutions to accomplish energy efficiency in IoT networks.This article designs an IoT enabled energy aware metaheuristic clustering with routing protocol for real time disaster management(EAMCR-RTDM).The proposed EAMCR-RTDM technique mainly intends to manage the energy utilization of nodes with the consideration of the features of the disaster region.To achieve this,EAMCR-RTDM technique primarily designs a yellow saddle goatfish based clustering(YSGF-C)technique to elect cluster heads(CHs)and organize clusters.In addition,enhanced cockroach swarm optimization(ECSO)based multihop routing(ECSO-MHR)approach was derived for optimal route selection.The YSGF-C and ECSO-MHR techniques compute fitness functions using different input variables for achieving improved energy efficiency and network lifetime.The design of YSGF-C and ECSO-MHR techniques for disaster management in IoT networks shows the novelty of the work.For examining the improved outcomes of the EAMCR-RTDM system,a wide range of simulations were performed and the extensive results are assessed in terms of different measures.The comparative outcomes highlighted the enhanced outcomes of the EAMCRRTDM algorithm over the existing approaches.