Chromatic aberration correction: An enhancement to the calibration of low-cost digital dermoscopes

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-347

  Wighton, Paul ^a,b,c   Lee, Tim K ^a,b,c   Lui, Harvey ^b,c   McLean, David ^c   Atkins, M Stella ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Chromatic aberration; Color and lighting correction; Digital dermoscopy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CHROMATIC ABERRATION; CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION; COLOR REPRODUCTION; DERMOSCOPY; RADIAL DISTORTIONS; SECOND ORDERS;

CALIBRATION; COLOR; LIGHTING; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ABERRATIONS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CHROMATIC ABERRATION; COLORIMETRY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT QUALITY; LOW COST DIGITAL DERMOSCOPE; MICROSCOPE;

CALIBRATION; CHROMATIC ABERRATION; COLOR AND LIGHTING CORRECTION; DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY;

ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; CANADA; COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960298285     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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