Correction to: npj Digital Medicine https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-024-01395-z; published online 14 January 2025

This correction pertains to attribution in the “Class Distance Guided Prototype Learning” section, ensuring proper recognition of the work from Landrieu et al. [38], as we adapt it for addressing hierarchical skin tree model optimization. While reference [38] was included, we need to explicitly credit their foundational work in this context.

Specific Changes Requested

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    Text Attribution

    In the first paragraph of the section, add:

    “Building upon the metric-guided prototype learning framework introduced by Landrieu et al. [38], we adapt their approach for hierarchical skin lesion classification.”

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    Formulation Attribution

  • Revise: “According to [41], the distortion of...” to “According to [41] and following the formulation in [38], the distortion of...”

  • Revise: “Hence, we introduce a scale...” to “Hence, as introduced in [38], we adopt a scale...”

The original Article has been corrected.