A novel method for detection of pigment network in dermoscopic images using graphs

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Sadeghi, Maryam ^a,b   Razmara, Majid ^a   Lee, Tim K ^a,b,c   Atkins, M Stella ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Dermoscopic structures; Dermoscopy; Graph; Melanoma; Pigment network detection; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

DERMOSCOPIC STRUCTURES; DERMOSCOPY; GRAPH; MELANOMA; TEXTURE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DERMATOLOGY; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ONCOLOGY; TEXTURES;

COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COLOR; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 79951509665     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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