Survey on computer-aided automated melanoma detection

Skin melanoma is a potentially fatal form of cancer. If left untreated or allowed to spread, it can lead to death or serious disability. Therefore, early diagnosis is crucial for improving patient prognosis and outcomes. Recent advances in machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) have greatly contributed to the categorisation and identification of melanoma. The goal of this survey is to evaluate 60 publications that have been submitted in order to create an overview of the melanoma detection process. It examines several feature extraction techniques.The evaluation concentrates on different melanoma detection methods, including 'deep learning (DL)' and 'machine learning (ML)' models. The analysis includes performance metrics and a review of the results obtained from the PH2 dataset, which achieved a high accuracy of 96.5%. Finally, the survey addresses research gaps to facilitate future investigations into melanoma identification strategies.