A Programmable DSP Development Platform for Automated Detection of Melanoma

Author

Wu, Y. ; Stotzer, E. ; Chen, J. ; Yuan, X. ; Mullani, N. ; Zouridakis, G.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Houston, Houston

fYear

2007

fDate

11-12 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

106

Lastpage

109

Abstract

A Bluetooth-enabled handheld device, which is the size of a cell phone, is being developed to assist medical practitioners in the analysis of skin lesions and accurate detection of early melanoma. The device can capture images of the lesion, process them in real-time, and indicate the probability that the lesion is malignant. A desktop-based system has been developed that implements skin-lesion analysis automatically with high degree of accuracy. In this paper, we present a simple prototype, based on the Texas Instruments TMS320DM642 Video/Imaging fixed-point digital signal processor, which implements a few basic functions of the desktop system, including image capture, segmentation, and display of the extracted lesion.

Keywords

cancer; cellular biophysics; image segmentation; medical image processing; prototypes; real-time systems; skin; tumours; TMS320DM642 video-imaging fixed-point digital signal processor; bluetooth-enabled handheld device; desktop system; desktop-based system; image capture; image segmentation; malignant cells; medical application; melanoma automated detection; programmable DSP; prototype; real-time process; skin-lesion analysis; Biomedical imaging; Cancer; Cellular phones; Digital signal processing; Handheld computers; Instruments; Lesions; Malignant tumors; Prototypes; Skin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Workshop, 2007 IEEE Dallas

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1626-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBSW.2007.4454185

Filename

4454185