A web-based application for dermoscopic measurements and learning

Author

Di Leo, G. ; Liguori, C. ; Paolillo, A. ; Sommella, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Univ. of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

7-9 May 2015

Firstpage

279

Lastpage

284

Abstract

Image processing techniques have been long proposed for automatic analysis of skin lesions in the field of early detection of melanoma. Nevertheless, Computer Aided Systems are not yet able to outperform the diagnostic accuracy of expert dermatologists. They could instead reveal very useful in providing with a second opinion and improving the detection results from physicians with short clinical experience. The paper introduces an original web-based application for the automatic detection of dermoscopic structures within pigmented lesions and the support to novel dermatologists. It is able to receive and store digital images captured by digital cameras and smartphones equipped with dermoscopy, measure morphological and chromatic parameters, and take into account the measurement uncertainty to finally provide a clinical decision according to the diagnostic method 7-Point Checklist.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; cameras; cancer; computer aided instruction; measurement uncertainty; medical image processing; skin; smart phones; automatic analysis; automatic detection; chromatic parameters; clinical decision; computer aided systems; dermoscopic measurement; dermoscopic structures; dermoscopy; diagnostic accuracy; diagnostic method 7-Point Checklist; digital cameras; digital images; early melanoma detection; expert dermatologists; image processing techniques; learning; measurement uncertainty; morphological parameters; original web-based application; pigmented lesions; skin lesion; smartphones; Algorithm design and analysis; Feature extraction; Image color analysis; Image segmentation; Lesions; Malignant tumors; Skin; Biomedical image processing; distributed measurement systems; e-learning; uncertainty management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Turin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145213

Filename

7145213