Improving the diagnostic accuracy of dysplastic and melanoma lesions using the decision template combination method

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Faal, Maryam ^a   Miran Baygi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kabir, Ehsanollah ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Class conscious method; Class indifferent method; Classifier combination; Decision template combination method; Dysplastic lesion; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

CLASS-CONSCIOUS METHOD; CLASS-INDIFFERENT METHOD; CLASSIFIER COMBINATION; COMBINATION METHOD; DYSPLASTIC LESION; MELANOMA;

IMAGE RETRIEVAL; ONCOLOGY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

DERMATOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLASSIFIER; COLOR; DECISION TEMPLATE COMBINATION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; SKIN DEFECT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872136161     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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