Computerized analysis of pigmented skin lesions: A review

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-90

  Korotkov, Konstantin ^a   Garcia, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Dermoscopy; Literature review; Melanoma; Pigmented skin lesions; Skin cancer detection

Indexed keywords

DERMOSCOPY; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; SKIN CANCERS;

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; RESEARCH;

DERMATOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BLUE NEVUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMOSCOPE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; JUVENILE MELANOMA; KERATINOCYTE; LANGERHANS CELL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL; NEVUS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WORKFLOW;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84869084264     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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