Automatic measurement of epidermal thickness from optical coherence tomography images using a new algorithm

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-319

  Josse, G ^a   George, J ^a   Black, D ^a  

^a Skin Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

Dermo epidermal junction (DEJ); Image processing; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Skin

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; BOUNDARY DETECTION; CALCULATION TIME; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMO-EPIDERMAL JUNCTION (DEJ); HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IMAGE NOISE; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; IMAGE TREATMENT; IN-VIVO; LOCAL ALGORITHM; LOCAL POSITIONING; MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); OPTICAL SPECKLES; USER INTERVENTION;

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

DERMO-EPIDERMAL JUNCTION (DEJ); IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT); SKIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DERMOSCOPY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGAN SIZE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960324981     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2011.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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