A survey on melanoma diagnosis using image processing and soft computing techniques

Research Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-80

  Premaladha, J ^a   Sujitha, S ^a   Lakshmi Priya, M ^a   Ravichandran, K S ^a  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Border; Color and diameter; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901498688     PISSN: 18157432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjit.2014.65.80     Document Type: Article

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