Automated pre-processing method for dermoscopic images and its application to pigmented skin lesion segmentation

Final Program and Proceedings - IS and T/SID Color Imaging Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 158-163

  Madooei, Ali ^a   Drew, Mark S ^a   Sadeghi, Maryam ^a   Atkins, M Stella ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS; DERMOSCOPIC IMAGES; GREY SCALE IMAGES; ITS APPLICATIONS; PIGMENTED LESIONS; PIGMENTED SKIN LESIONS; PRE-PROCESSING METHOD; STATE OF THE ART;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COLOR; SKIN;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84876696574     PISSN: 10831304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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