Computer Vision Techniques for the Diagnosis of Skin Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scharcanski, Jacob (Editor), Celebi, M. Emre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Series in BioEngineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Dermatology.; Image processing.; Medical physics.; Radiation.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Medical and Radiation Physics.

The goal of this volume is to summarize the state-of-the-art in the utilization of computer vision techniques in the diagnosis of skin cancer. Malignant melanoma is one of the most rapidly increasing cancers in the world. Early diagnosis is particularly important since melanoma can be cured with a s...

Table of Contents:

• Enhancement of skin images
• Registration of skin images
• Segmentation of skin images
• Feature extraction from skin images
• Classification of skin images.