A relative color approach to color discrimination for malignant melanoma detection in dermoscopy images

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-72

  Stanley, R Joe ^a   Stoecker, William V ^b   Moss, Randy H ^a  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b Stoecker and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Color analysis; Color histogram; Dysplastic nevus; Image processing; Malignant melanoma; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; SKIN; TUMORS;

COLOR ANALYSIS; COLOR HISTOGRAM; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; SKIN LESION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COLORIMETRY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846525516     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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