arxivcs.CV2026-07-21
Privileged Lesion-Context Relational Distillation for Mask-Free Skin Lesion Classification
Abu Mukaddim Rahi, Md Mithun Hossain, Md Zulficar Hasan Joy, M. F. Mridha, Md. Jakir Hossen
Accurate skin lesion classification can benefit from lesion segmentation masks, but requiring masks or an auxiliary segmentation model during inference reduces clinical practicality and increases computational complexity. This work introduces Privileged Lesion-Context Relational…