Computer Based Melanocytic and Nevus Image Enhancement and Segmentation.

Digital dermoscopy aids dermatologists in monitoring potentially cancerous skin lesions. Melanoma is the 5th common form of skin cancer that is rare but the most dangerous. Melanoma is curable if it is detected at an early stage. Automated segmentation of cancerous lesion from normal skin is the mos...

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Publicado en:BioMed Research International Vol. 2016; pp. 1 - 14
Autores principales: Jamil, Uzma, Akram, M. Usman, Khalid, Shehzad, Abbas, Sarmad, Saleem, Kashif
Formato: algorithm equations & formulas pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 9/28/2016
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          Jamil, Uzma
          Akram, M. Usman
          Khalid, Shehzad
          Abbas, Sarmad
          Saleem, Kashif
        affil: Department of Computer Engineering, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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          Melanoma Prevention and Control
          Melanoma Diagnosis
          Nevus Diagnosis
          Diagnosis, Computer Assisted
          Image Enhancement
          Microscopy Methods
          Early Diagnosis
          Melanoma Classification
          Nevus Classification
          Automation
          Human
          Algorithms
          Hair
          Descriptive Statistics
          Predictive Value of Tests
          Reference Values
          Dermatology
      ab: Digital dermoscopy aids dermatologists in monitoring potentially cancerous skin lesions. Melanoma is the 5th common form of skin cancer that is rare but the most dangerous. Melanoma is curable if it is detected at an early stage. Automated segmentation of cancerous lesion from normal skin is the most critical yet tricky part in computerized lesion detection and classification. The effectiveness and accuracy of lesion classification are critically dependent on the quality of lesion segmentation. In this paper, we have proposed a novel approach that can automatically preprocess the image and then segment the lesion. The system filters unwanted artifacts including hairs, gel, bubbles, and specular reflection. A novel approach is presented using the concept of wavelets for detection and inpainting the hairs present in the cancer images. The contrast of lesion with the skin is enhanced using adaptive sigmoidal function that takes care of the localized intensity distribution within a given lesion’s images. We then present a segmentation approach to precisely segment the lesion from the background. The proposed approach is tested on the European database of dermoscopic images. Results are compared with the competitors to demonstrate the superiority of the suggested approach.
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