Computer description of colours in dermoscopic melanocytic lesion images reproducing clinical assessment

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 523-529

  Seidenari, S ^a   Pellacani, G ^a   Grana, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Image analysis; Malignant melanoma; Polarized light; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLOR; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0142057202     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05496.x     Document Type: Article

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