Practical color calibration for dermoscopy, applied to a digital epiluminescence microscope

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-247

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color calibration; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Image comparison; Melanocytic lesions; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COLORIMETRY; DERMATOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TUMORS;

COLOR CALIBRATION; DERMATOLOGIC IMAGE CALIBRATION; DERMOSCOPY; DIGITAL EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPE; IMAGE COMPARISON; MELANOCYTIC LESIONS; MELANOMA; PATTERN ANALYSIS;

SKIN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744606901     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-725X.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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