Robust border detection in dermoscopy images using threshold fusion

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2541-2544

  Emre Celebi, M ^a   Hwang, Sae ^b   Iyatomi, Hitoshi ^c   Schaefer, Gerald ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED METHODS; BLUE CHANNELS; BORDER DETECTION; DERMOSCOPY; DERMOSCOPY IMAGES; IMAGING MODALITY; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; RESEARCH AREAS; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; THRESHOLDING METHODS;

DERMATOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 78651074994     PISSN: 15224880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIP.2010.5653514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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