Quantifying melanin spatial distribution using pump-probe microscopy and a 2-D morphological autocorrelation transformation for melanoma diagnosis

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Robles, Francisco E ^a   Wilson, Jesse W ^a   Warren, Warren S ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

image processing; medical imaging; melanoma imaging; nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84891538165     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.18.12.120502     Document Type: Article

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