Discrimination of Benign Common Nevi from Malignant Melanoma Lesions by Use of Features Based on Spectral Properties of the Wavelet Transform

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Wiltgen, Marco ^a   Gerger, Armin ^a   Wagner, Christian ^a   Bergthaler, Patrick ^a   Smolle, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer assisted diagnosis; Melanomas and nevi; Tissue counter analysis; Wavelet textural analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DAUBECHIES 4 WAVELET TRANSFORM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; MELANOMA; NEVUS; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELET COEFFICIENT; WAVELET TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEVUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142103724     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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