An improved objective evaluation measure for border detection in dermoscopy images

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-450

  Celebi, M Emre ^a   Schaefer, Gerald ^b   Iyatomi, Hitoshi ^c   Stoecker, William V ^d   Malters, Joseph M ^e   Grichnik, James M ^f  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Stoecker and Associates   (United States)

^e The Dermatology Center   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Border detection; Dermoscopy; Evaluation measure; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED DETECTION; BORDER DETECTION; DERMOSCOPY; DERMOSCOPY IMAGES; EVALUATION MEASURE; EXCLUSIVE-OR; GROUND TRUTH; IMAGING MODALITY; MELANOMA; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; RAND INDEX; RESEARCH AREAS;

DERMATOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70350754235     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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