Universitas Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) partnered with the Health Science College (STIKES) of Telogorejo. The partnership was a form of community service-themed utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prevent and early detect skin diseases. The community service was conducted in the form of socialization at STIKES of Telogorejo Semarang, and it involved students and faculty members from both institutions.
Dr. Catur Supriyanto, S.Kom., M.Cs., the leader of this partnership and an academician from Udinus, explained that the development of the app used to detect skin diseases was still in development and hadn’t been officially published. According to him, the socialization was hosted as an attempt to garner feedback from medical specialists about the app.
“Hopefully, the public will later be able to understand the importance of early detection of skin diseases with the help of technology,” Dr. Catur said on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Meanwhile, Cinatya Paramita, S.Kom., M.Eng., who was the initiator of this AI-based app to detect skin diseases and an informatics lecturer from Udinus, revealed that the idea originated from the limitations of apps that had currently been of public access. In addition, these apps also processed slowly due to their datasets being imaged.
“My team and I studied the problems by implementing the YOLOv8 model into the UI mobile app using the Flutter framework. We took this specific step so medical professionals can easily early-detect skin diseases,” she revealed.
Additionally, Cinatya said that this app was currently in development to further improve its quality. In the future, she and her team plan to develop AI-based apps for detecting other detections, particularly in outer parts of the human body, like eyelids.
In addition, the collaboration between Udinus and STIKES Telogorejo is expected to produce useful products for the public. With AI technology, skin diseases can be detected much earlier, allowing patients to prevent the disease from becoming even more severe.
“Currently, the app can only detect skin cancer and normal skin conditions. We are currently developing it further so it can detect more accurately and deeply. This is our attempt to come up with positive things for the health sector in Indonesia,” she added.
The plan to develop the app was a result of a research center, namely, the Intelligent Distributed Surveillance (IDSS) Dinus Research Group for AI in Medical Science (DREAMS), which was established by Dr. Guruh Fajar Shidik S.Kom, M.Cs
Collaboration in the Medical Realm
There were two main events at the event, including an education and socialization session on a mobile-based app to detect skin diseases, as well as a public lecture. The public lecture was entitled The Utilization of Artificial Intelligence in Preventing and Early-Detecting Skin Diseases.
The Head of STIKES Telogorejo, dr. Swanny Trikajanti Widyaatmadja, M.Kes., Ph.D., warmly looked forward to taking part in this collaboration, which had been established through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024. Hopefully, this collaboration can continue in the form of other partnerships like research projects, and community services.
“Today, Udinus and STIKES Telogorojo Semarang have hosted a community service program in the form of education and socialization of a mobile app. We involved thirty senior nursing students and faculty members from both institutions,” she uttered. (Humas Udinus/Alex. FotoDok. Humas Udinus)
