Reflectance of human skin using colour photometric stereo: With particular application to pigmented lesion analysis

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Sun, Jiuai ^a   Smith, Melvyn ^a   Smith, Lyndon ^a   Coutts, Louise ^b   Dabis, Rasha ^c   Harland, Christopher ^c   Bamber, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABCD rule; Automated diagnosis; Colour; Dermatoscopy; Photometric stereo; Reflectance; Skin lesions; Skin photography; Tele dermatology

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DIAGNOSIS; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENTS; REFLECTION;

AUTOMATED DIAGNOSIS; PHOTOMETRIC STEREO; SKIN LESIONS; SKIN PHOTOGRAPHY;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAMERA; COLOR PHOTOMETRIC STEREO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PIGMENT DISORDER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TUMOR;

COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 42449147470     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2007.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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