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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Zeling Long in National University of Singapore, Singapore and Tianci Li in Nanjing University, China for their valuable suggestions towards this manuscript.

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This work was supported by the Mobile Healthcare: Ministry of Education, China Mobile Joint Laboratory (CMCMII-202200349).

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng, Kai Huang & Shuang Zhao

  2. National Engineering Research Center of Personalized Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng, Kai Huang & Shuang Zhao

  3. Hunan Engineering Research Center of Skin Health and Disease, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng, Kai Huang & Shuang Zhao

  4. Hunan Key Laboratory of Skin Cancer and Psoriasis, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng, Kai Huang & Shuang Zhao

  5. National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng, Kai Huang & Shuang Zhao

  6. Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng & Kai Huang

  7. School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

    Rui Ding, Zheng Wu & Kehua Guo

  8. Mobile Health Ministry of Education - China Mobile Joint Laboratory, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, China

    Weihong Huang

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Conceptualisation: Shuang Zhao & Kehua Guo; Data curation: Zixi Jiang, Qian Deng & Kai Huang; Formal analysis: Rui Ding & Zheng Wu; Funding acquisition: Shuang Zhao & Xiang Chen; Project administration: Shuang Zhao; Writing-original draft: Zixi Jiang & Qian Deng; Writing-review & editing: Shuang Zhao.

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Jiang, Z., Deng, Q., Huang, K. et al. Using green background for dermatological images to improve deep learning-based image classification. Arch Dermatol Res 316, 42 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-023-02734-y

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