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DeepBiteNet: A Lightweight Ensemble Framework for Multiclass Bug Bite Classification Using Image-Based Deep Learning
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Background-Objectives: The accurate identification of insect bites from images of skin is daunting due to the fine gradations among diverse bite types, variability in human skin response, and inconsistencies in image quality. Methods: For this work, we introduce DeepBiteNet, a new ensemble-based deep learning model designed to perform robust multiclass classification of insect bites from RGB images. Our model aggregates three semantically diverse convolutional neural networks—DenseNet121, EfficientNet-B0, and MobileNetV3-Small—using a stacked meta-classifier designed to aggregate their predicted outcomes into an integrated, discriminatively strong output. Our technique balances heterogeneous feature representation with suppression of individual model biases. Our model was trained and evaluated on a hand-collected set of 1932 labeled images representing eight classes, consisting of common bites such as mosquito, flea, and tick bites, and unaffected skin. Our domain-specific augmentation pipeline imputed practical variability in lighting, occlusion, and skin tone, thereby boosting generalizability. Results: Our model, DeepBiteNet, achieved a training accuracy of 89.7%, validation accuracy of 85.1%, and test accuracy of 84.6%, and surpassed fifteen benchmark CNN architectures on all key indicators, viz., precision (0.880), recall (0.870), and F1-score (0.875). Our model, optimized for mobile deployment with quantization and TensorFlow Lite, enables rapid on-client computation and eliminates reliance on cloud-based processing. Conclusions: Our work shows how ensemble learning, when carefully designed and combined with realistic data augmentation, can boost the reliability and usability of automatic insect bite diagnosis. Our model, DeepBiteNet, forms a promising foundation for future integration with mobile health (mHealth) solutions and may complement early diagnosis and triage in dermatologically underserved regions.
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multiclass classification
ensemble deep learning
insect bite recognition
stacked meta-classifier
image-based diagnosis
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