Title :
Skin cancer detection based on NIR image analysis
Author :
Cao, Mang ; Kang, Kyung A. ; Chang, Chein-I ; Bruley, Duane F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Skin cancer is a disease in which malignant cells are found in the outer layer of the skin. The optical properties of tissues have been studied and used for clinical or biomedical applications in recent years. Multispectral image data of tissues provides the information of the absorption and scattering of the tissues. The optical diagnosis can provide a safe and lower cost health care than regular method based on biopsy. A preliminary study of a proposed statistical model is present using the multispectral images of experimental models
Keywords :
infrared imaging; light absorption; light scattering; medical image processing; skin; biopsy; malignant cells; medical diagnostic imaging; multispectral image data; optical diagnosis; safe lower cost health care; skin cancer detection; skin outer layer; statistical model; tissue absorption; tissue scattering; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Cancer detection; Costs; Diseases; Image analysis; Medical services; Multispectral imaging; Optical scattering; Skin cancer;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1997., Proceedings of the 1997 Sixteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Biloxi, MS
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3869-3
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1997.583335
