Lesion area assessment in psoriasis patients

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 154-160

  Bidaki, E Zare ^a   Zargari, F ^b   Mansouri, P ^c   Malekian, A ^a   Najafizade, P ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN TELECOMMUNICATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

PASI; Psoriasis; Skin plaques; YCbCr colour space

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC METHOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLOUR SPACES; MEDICAL TREATMENT; OPTIMAL THRESHOLD; PASI; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PSORIASIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN THICKNESS; YCBCR COLOUR SPACE;

COLOR; SKIN;

DERMATOLOGY;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

HUMANS; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 79953864702     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03091902.2011.554598     Document Type: Article

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