Detection of asymmetric blotches (asymmetric structureless areas) in dermoscopy images of malignant melanoma using relative color

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-184

  Stoecker, William V ^a,b   Gupta, Kapil ^c   Stanley, R Joe ^c   Moss, Randy H ^c   Shrestha, Bijaya ^b  

^a The Dermatology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric blotches; Dermoscopy; Dysplastic nevi; Image analysis; Melanoma; Structureless areas

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIAGNOSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENCE; NEURAL NETWORKS; PIGMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASYMMETRIC BLOTCHES; BLOTCH DETECTION METHODS; DERMOSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY (ELM);

DERMATOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COLOR; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22244441131     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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