Segmentation of hyper-pigmented spots in human skin using automated cluster analysis

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7161, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gossage, Kirk W ^a   Weissman, Jesse ^a   Velthuizen, Robert ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyper pigmentation; Imaging; Segmentation; Skin

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SEGMENTATION; BLOOD IMAGES; COLOR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOGENOUS CHROMOPHORES; HUMAN PERCEPTION; HUMAN SKIN; HYPER-PIGMENTATION; IMAGE FIELDS; IMAGE REGIONS; IMAGING; INTEGRATED AREAS; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; PIGMENTED LESIONS; ROBUST SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTATION; SEGMENTED REGIONS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN CONDITIONS; SKIN IMAGING; SKIN TONE;

BLOOD; CHROMOPHORES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN; COLOR; FACE RECOGNITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIGANDS;

SKIN;

EID: 66349085936     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809775     Document Type: Conference Paper

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