Lesion border detection in dermoscopy images

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Celebi, M Emre ^a   Iyatomi, Hitoshi ^b   Schaefer, Gerald ^c   Stoecker, William V ^d  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Stoecker and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Border detection; Computer aided diagnosis; Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DETECTIONS; AUTOMATED METHODS; BORDER DETECTION; COMMON PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL ISSUES; COMPUTERIZED ANALYSIS; DERMOSCOPY; DERMOSCOPY IMAGES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGES; HUMAN INTERPRETATIONS; IMAGING MODALITIES; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; RESEARCH AREAS; SKIN CANCER; TEST IMAGES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SKIN;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149164864     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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