Border detection in dermoscopy images using hybrid thresholding on optimized color channels

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-115

  Garnavi, Rahil ^a   Aldeen, Mohammad ^a   Celebi, M Emre ^b   Varigos, George ^c   Finch, Sue ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Border detection; Color space; Computer aided diagnosis; Dermoscopy; Melanoma; Thresholding

Indexed keywords

BORDER DETECTION; COLOR SPACE; DERMOSCOPY; MELANOMA; THRESHOLDING;

COLOR; DERMATOLOGY; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MELANOMA; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951509121     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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