A new interface for manual segmentation of dermoscopic images

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Ferreira, PM (Author) Other; Mendonca, T (Author) FCUP; Rocha, P (Author) FEUP; Rozeira, J (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING: VIPIMAGE 2011

Pages: 399-403

3rd ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing (VipIMAGE)

Olhao, PORTUGAL, OCT 12-14, 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-008-2CW

Abstract (EN): Dermoscopy (dermatoscopy, skin surface microscopy) is a non-invasive diagnostic technique for the in vivo observation of pigmented skin lesions, allowing a better visualization of the surface and subsurface structures. In the last few years, several computer-aided diagnosis systems of digital dermoscopic images have been introduced, since the interpretation of dermoscopic images is time consuming and subjective (even for trained dermatologists), and also to reduce the learning-curve of non-expert dermatologists. The validation of these algorithms requires a ground-truth database of manually segmented images. Therefore, this situation calls up for the development of new tools that can support the manual segmentation, making this task easier and faster to the dermatologists. In this paper, we present a graphical user interface for computer-aided manual segmentation of dermoscopic images that can easily be adapted to other medical images. This tools allows building up a reliable ground truth database of manually segmented images. Besides the manual segmentation of the lesion, this tool allows performing the segmentation of other specific regions of interest, which are essential for the development of newly computer-aided diagnosis systems.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5