Automatic segmentation of skin lesion images using evolution strategies

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-228

  Yuan, Xiaojing ^a   Situ, Ning ^a   Zouridakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Border detection; Evolution strategies; Melanoma; Segmentation; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES;

AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATIONS; BORDER DETECTION; DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; MELANOMA; SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS; SEGMENTATION PROCEDURE; SKIN LESION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSPOLARIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVOLUTION STRATEGY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 52049088060     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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