Use of color texture in determining the nature of melanocytic skin lesions--a qualitative and quantitative approach.
Comput Biol Med
; 36(4): 419-27, 2006 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
Melanocytic nevi are recognized as precursors of melanoma. Aiding in early recognition of melanoma, we estimated color texture parameters, fractal dimension and lacunarity of melanoma and other melanocytic nevi. Digital images of the lesions were processed. Graphic three-dimensional pseudoelevation images of the lesions and surrounding skin were produced to identify irregularities in color texture within the lesions. Estimation of lacunarity and fractal dimension followed in order to produce a numerical estimate of the coarseness of color texture. Clinicians readily perceive the resulting "geographical" images. Irregularity in the anaglyph, which might veil malignancy, is effortlessly identified through these images, and therefore an early excision of a suspect lesion is indicated.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Procesamiento de Imagen Asistido por Computador
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Reconocimiento de Normas Patrones Automatizadas
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Aumento de la Imagen
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Color
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Nevo Pigmentado
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Comput Biol Med
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Grecia