Dermoscopy image segmentation using a modified level set algorithm

Proceedings - 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks, CICN 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 286-290

  Nourmohamadi, Maryam ^a   Pourghassem, Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

dermoscopy image; initial contour; level set segmentation; skin lesion

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ANALYSIS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DERMOSCOPY IMAGES; FUZZY C MEANS CLUSTERING; INITIAL CONTOUR; INITIAL SEGMENTATION; K-MEANS CLUSTERING; LEVEL SET; LEVEL SET ALGORITHM; LEVEL SET METHOD; LEVEL SET SEGMENTATION; LEVEL-SET EVOLUTION; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION RESULTS; SKIN LESION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DERMATOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84872006340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CICN.2012.80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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