Polarization-sensitive digital dermoscopy for image processing-assisted evaluation of atypical nevi: Towards step-wise detection of melanoma

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7902, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yu, Lauren S ^a   Joseph, Anika O N R ^b   Lindsley, Erik H ^c   Farkas, Daniel L ^b,c  

^a Windward School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Spectral Molecular Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL NEVUS; DERMOSCOPY; EARLY DETECTION; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; HYPERSPECTRAL INSTRUMENT; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; MEDICAL DEVICES; MELANOMA DETECTION; POLARIZATION CONTROL; USER INTERFACE SOFTWARE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMOLECULES; DERMATOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ONCOLOGY; POLARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE; USER INTERFACES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79954559000     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.891083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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