Modified Karhunen-Loéve expansion for evaluating skin-colour-associated melanoma risk factors

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 171-189

  Cevenini, G ^a   Borzelli, G ^a   Rubegni, P ^a   Massai, M R ^a   Andreassi, L ^a   Barbini, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian classifier; Classification; Discriminant analysis; Karhunen Loeve expansion; Melanoma risk; Pattern recognition; Skin colour; Variable reduction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TUMOR; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN COLOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

COLORIMETERS; HEALTH RISKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; MODIFIED KARHUNEN-LOEVE EXPANSION;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 0034660699     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(00)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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