Skin lesion extraction in dermoscopic images based on colour enhancement and iterative segmentation

G Schaefer, MI Rajab, ME Celebi… - 2009 16th IEEE …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate extraction of lesion borders is a crucial step in analysing dermoscopic skin lesion
images. In this paper we present an effective approach to extracting lesion areas by …

Colour and contrast enhancement for improved skin lesion segmentation

G Schaefer, MI Rajab, ME Celebi, H Iyatomi - … Medical Imaging and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Accurate extraction of lesion borders is a critical step in analysing dermoscopic skin lesion
images. In this paper, we consider the problems of poor contrast and lack of colour …

Preliminary work on dermatoscopic lesion segmentation

A Sultana, M Ciuc, T Radulescu… - 2012 Proceedings of …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dermoscopy has become the primary tool used for pigmented skin lesion diagnosis
providing better quality and accurate images. Computer-Assisted Image Interpretation is a …

Adaptive segmentation of gray areas in dermoscopy images

G Sforza, G Castellano, RJ Stanley… - 2011 IEEE …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a dermoscopic image analysis technique is proposed. A novel approach, based
on the detection of gray areas using image analysis techniques is explored. To this aim, a …

Skin lesion segmentation using co-operative neural network edge detection and colour normalisation

G Schaefer, MI Rajab, ME Celebi… - 2009 9th International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lesion segmentation is an important step in analysing dermoscopic skin lesion images. In
this paper we achieve accurate lesion segmentation using a co-operative neural network …

Improving skin lesion segmentation in dermoscopic images by thin artefacts removal methods

T Majtner, K Lidayova… - 2016 6th European …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In dermoscopic images, various thin artefacts naturally appear, most usually in the form of
hairs. While trying to find the border of the skin lesion, these artefacts effect the lesion …

Automated lesion border detection of dermoscopy images using spectral clustering

FS Saleh, R Azmi - … on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Skin lesion segmentation is one of the most important steps for automated early skin cancer
detection since the accuracy of the following steps significantly depends on it. In this paper …

A novel fusion approach for segmenting dermoscopy image based on region consistency

Q Wen, D Ming, J Chen - 2013 International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Malignant melanoma is among the most rapidly increasing cancers in the world. Image
border detection is often the first step to characterize skin lesion for the follow-up computer …

Multi-level feature extraction for skin lesion segmentation in dermoscopic images

S Khakabi, P Wighton, TK Lee… - Medical Imaging 2012 …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This paper presents a novel approach in computer aided skin lesion segmentation of
dermoscopic images. We apply spatial and color features in order to model the lesion …

Comparison of segmentation methods for automatic diagnosis of dermoscopy images

T Mendonca, ARS Marcal, A Vieira… - 2007 29th Annual …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dermoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic technique for the in vivo observation of pigmented
skin lesions used in dermatology. There is currently a great interest in the prospects of …