Dermoscopy Image Analysis

... demonstrates the significant advancements in dermoscopy image analysis techniques, involving image-preprocessing, lesion segmentation (or border detection), feature extraction, pattern analysis, lesion classification, and database construction. The approaches described are state of the art and the details are sine qua non. ... a good addition on the dermatologist and researcher's bookshelf, and pilots further research in this field. -Fengying Xie, Image Processing Center, Beihang University, Beijing, China ... a comprehensive description of computerized image analysis that is definitely useful for researchers in this field as a starting point for future developments. -Giuseppe Argenziano, Dermatology Unit, Second University of Naples, Italy ... collect[s] high-quality research articles on dermoscopy image analysis. ... presents the latest state-of-the-art techniques for classifying benign and malignant skin lesions. A very interesting point that emerged from the literature review, as one author points out, is that all these computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems offer invaluable help to the general practitioner (GP) in an initial diagnosis of the lesions. The high level of performance of these systems can thus provide an accurate evaluation of skin lesions without having to refer to a dermatologist at this initial stage. -Lucia Ballerini, University of Edinburgh, Scotland ... deals with a very important and hot topic that attracts the interest of many researchers and doctors in the scientific community nowadays. ... well written and clear. It provides a good overview of the dermoscopy image analysis field, and it is useful for engineers and computer scientists interested in developing similar applications, since it includes in-depth technical descriptions. -Ilias Maglogiannis, University of Piraeus, Greece ... I definitely would like to have this book [on] my shelf. ... a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students of computer vision and medical image analysis interested in skin cancer detection methods for dermoscopic images. It covers fundamentals of the area by providing thorough treatments of the theory and the concepts while making the material accessible to the reader with examples that nicely illustrate the concepts. -Jacob Scharcanski, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ... provides a comprehensive, well-rounded coverage on the factors, challenges, and state-of-the-art solutions to the very difficult problem of dermascopy image analysis. ... a good reference to have in the libraries of researchers in this field. -Alexander Wong, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada