Automated segmentation of pigmented skin lesions in multispectral imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2005, Pages

  Carrara, Mauro ^a   Tomatis, Stefano ^a   Bono, Aldo ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Moglia, Daniele ^a   Lualdi, Manuela ^a   Colombo, Ambrogio ^a   Santinami, Mario ^a   Marchesini, Renato ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGES; PIGMENTED SKIN; SKIN LESIONS;

SKIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXCISION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 27644508802     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/22/N01     Document Type: Article

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