Demographic Reporting and the Absence of Hispanic/Latino Representation in Dermatology Artificial Intelligence: A Scoping Review
Sofía Pérez‐Lalinde, Francisco Flores · 2026
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Sofia Perez-Lalinde and Francisco Flores review how studies of artificial intelligence in skin care report who their data came from, in a 2026 scoping review. Tools that read skin images are now common, but they may work less well on darker skin if they were trained mostly on light skin. The authors map what the studies disclose.
They searched three databases for work from 2020 to late 2025 and kept sixteen studies. Most data sets leaned toward light skin, and few included the darkest tones. No study named Hispanic or Latino patients at all, though some gave skin tone or race in broad terms. Where results were split by group, darker skin often saw more errors. The authors call for clear reporting, wider data, and routine checks by group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sofía Pérez‐Lalinde, Francisco Flores |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |