Monkeypox Detection with Deep-Learning and Ensemble of Features: A Study

There is a growing global prevalence of infectious diseases in the human population and it is imperative to have precise diagnosis and therapy in order to effectively cure these diseases. Monkeypox (Mpox) is an infectious disease that can cause varying degrees of skin infection, ranging from minor to severe. The recent spread of Mpox has been confirmed as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) due to its large infection rate. This study aims to develop a deep-learning (DL) scheme for Mpox identification. To enhance the detection accuracy, this study considered preprocessed skin images for the analysis and employed the binary classification with Ensemble of Deep-Features (EDF) using 5-fold cross validation. The outcome of this investigation validate that the suggested deep learning tool enables the attainment of a detection accuracy of 100% on the augmented images from the Monkeypox Skin Images Dataset (MSID). Compared to the existing results in the literature, this research provides a significant result on the chosen MSID database.