1.
HAM10000 (Human Against Machine with 10000 training images)
Description: This dataset contains dermatoscopic images of pigmented skin lesions. It includes seven
different types of skin lesions, such as melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and benign keratosis-like lesions.
Diseases Covered:
Melanoma
Melanocytic nevi
Basal cell carcinoma
Benign keratosis-like lesions
Dermatofibroma
Vascular lesions
Actinic keratoses
Kaggle Link: [Link]
2. ISIC 2019 (International Skin Imaging Collaboration)
Description: One of the largest publicly available datasets for skin cancer analysis. It contains
dermatoscopic images and associated metadata, which helps in classifying multiple skin diseases,
particularly focused on melanoma detection.
Diseases Covered:
Melanoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Seborrheic keratosis
Nevus
Kaggle Link: [Link]
3. Dermnet
Description: A large dataset of clinical images covering a variety of skin conditions, from common to rare
diseases. It contains images of all skin types, with metadata that can help researchers build diagnostic
systems.
Diseases Covered:
Psoriasis
Acne
Eczema
Skin cancer
Viral infections
Official Link: [Link]
4. PAD-UFES-20
Description: A dataset of clinical images containing patients diagnosed with several skin diseases. It is
especially useful for disease identification and segmentation tasks.
Diseases Covered:
Melanoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma
Seborrheic keratosis
Dermatofibroma
Kaggle Link: [Link]
5. PH2 Dataset
Description: The PH2 dataset consists of 200 dermoscopic images of common nevi and melanoma
lesions. It includes detailed lesion borders, diagnosis, and ground truth segmentation.
Diseases Covered:
Melanocytic nevi
Melanoma
Official Link: PH2 Dataset
6. Skin Cancer MNIST: HAM10000 Subset
Description: A small subset of the larger HAM10000 dataset on Kaggle, made more manageable for
smaller projects. It provides a simpler starting point for working on skin disease classification.
Diseases Covered:
Melanoma
Melanocytic nevi
Basal cell carcinoma
Dermatofibroma
Kaggle Link: Skin Cancer MNIST Dataset
These datasets are great for building models aimed at classifying skin diseases and diagnosing conditions
based on medical imagery. Let me know if you'd like more details on any of them!