Automatic imaging system with decision support for inspection of pigmented skin lesions and melanoma diagnosis

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Signal Processing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-25

  Fernández Alcón, José ^a   Ciuhu, Cǎlina ^a   ten Kate, Warner ^a   Heinrich, Adrienne ^a   Uzunbajakava, Natallia ^a   Krekels, Gertruud ^b   Siem, Denny ^b   de Haan, Gerard ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision support; Image classification; Melanoma; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RISK PERCEPTION; SKIN;

AUTOMATIC IMAGING; AUTOMATIC SYSTEMS; BODY PARTS; DECISION SUPPORT; MELANOMA; PERSONAL RISKS; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; SKIN LESIONS;

IMAGE CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 62349120878     PISSN: 19324553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTSP.2008.2011156     Document Type: Article

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