Border detection on digitized skin tumor images

Authors
Zhang, Z Stoecker, WV Moss, RH
Citation
Z. Zhang et al., Border detection on digitized skin tumor images, IEEE MED IM, 19(11), 2000, pp. 1128-1143
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING
ISSN journal
02780062 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1128 - 1143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-0062(200011)19:11<1128:BDODST>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A radial search technique is presented for detecting skin tumor borders in clinical dermatology images. First, it includes two rounds of radial search based on the same tumor center. The first-round search is independent, and the second-round search is knowledge-based tracking. Then a rescan with a new center is used to solve the blind-spot problem. The algorithm is tested on model images with excellent performance, and on 300 real clinical image s with a satisfactory result.