Automatic segmentation of dermoscopy images using histogram thresholding on optimal color channels

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2011, Pages 1040-1048

  Garnavi, Rahil ^a   Aldeen, Mohammad ^a   Celebi, M Emre ^b   Bhuiyan, Alauddin ^c   Dolianitis, Constantinos ^d   Varigos, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Border detection; Color space analysis; Dermoscopy; Histogram thresholding; Melanoma; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

BORDER DETECTION; COLOR SPACE; DERMOSCOPY; HISTOGRAM THRESHOLDING; MELANOMA;

ALGORITHMS; COLOR; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOLOGY; GRAPHIC METHODS; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84871349478     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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