DermatoNet-TelessaudeRS

Diagnostic ground truth is predominantly clinical rather than histopathological (1.1% overall biopsy-confirmation rate), reflecting the real-world teledermatology triage setting rather than a biopsy-centric surgical program. Unlike dermoscopy-based benchmarks (e.g., HAM10000, ISIC), images were captured under real-world teleconsultation conditions using smartphones, without standardized lighting or framing, providing an ecologically valid benchmark for testing model generalization.

Compared to PAD-UFES-20, DermatoNet additionally provides a full structured anamnesis and specialist free-text notes for every case (50 clinical features vs. up to 22) and a more balanced class distribution (3.8:1 vs. 16.2:1), bridging the diagnostic gap between primary and specialist care. Images are provided as standardized 224×224 pixel, 24-bit RGB JPEG/PNG files named DSOLCOD_{id}.ext; the mapping between image filenames and metadata rows is given by the img_id column of metadata.csv.

All personal identifiers — patient names, full dates of birth, exact consultation dates, health-unit and macro-region codes, and original attachment filenames (which in some cases had been assigned by the referring physician using the patient's name) — were removed prior to release, in compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD — Lei nº 13.709/2018). Patient age (in years) is retained as the sole demographic age indicator.