Objectives: Development of an artificial intelligence algorithm for acne grading from smartphone photographs.
Introduction: We developed an artificial intelligence algorithm (AIA) for smartphones to determine the severity of facial acne using the GEA scale and to identify different types of acne lesion (comedonal, inflammatory) and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIHP) or residual hyperpigmentation.
Materials / method: Overall, 5972 images (face, right and left profiles) obtained with smartphones (IOS and/or Android) from 1072 acne patients were collected. Three trained dermatologists assessed the acne severity for each patient. One acne severity grade per patient (grade given by the majority of the three dermatologists from the two sets of three images) was used to train the algorithm. Acne lesion identification was performed from a subgroup of 348 images using a tagging tool; tagged images served to train the algorithm.
Results: At final version 6, the GEA grading provided by AIA reached 68% and was similar to that provided by the dermatologists. Between version 4 and version 6, AIA improved precision results multiplied by 1.5 for inflammatory lesions, 2.5 for non-inflammatory lesions and by 2 for PIHP; recall was improved by 2.6, 1.6 and 2.7. The weighted average of precision and recall or F1 score was 84% for inflammatory lesions, 61% for non-inflammatory lesions and 72% for PIHP.
Conclusion: Development of the first artificial intelligence algorithm able to identify acne lesions and to grade the severity of the disease. Real benefit of these new tools, especially for the therapeutic education of patients.The final decision and the prescription should remain under the responsibility of the physician.
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