Authors :
Ashwini C. S; Nikhitha
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 9 - September
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3IIfn9N
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3ULiNzx
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7117915
Abstract :
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin
cancer, develops when unrepaired damage happens to
skin cells known as melanocytes. The skin cells rapidly
multiply and forms tumors, called as malignant tumors.
The main goal of our paper is hair removal from clinical
dermoscopic images. It is the initial preprocessing stage
for the skin melanoma diagnostics. In dermoscopy image
analysis while analyzing the disease the main obstructs
will be the hair objects. These hairs will hide the region of
interest (ROI) from being detected. There are many
computer-aided techniques to assist dermatologists. In
this paper, we propose an algorithm which removes hairs
without altering the lesion area. The algorithm uses image
processing technique for detection and removal of hair
from the dermoscopy images. First, hair is excluded from
lesion; later image is reconstructed by considering the
nearest 8 edge pixels. The algorithm is tested on PH2
database. We have used MATLAB for implementing our
algorithm.
Keywords :
Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Dermoscopy, lesions;
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin
cancer, develops when unrepaired damage happens to
skin cells known as melanocytes. The skin cells rapidly
multiply and forms tumors, called as malignant tumors.
The main goal of our paper is hair removal from clinical
dermoscopic images. It is the initial preprocessing stage
for the skin melanoma diagnostics. In dermoscopy image
analysis while analyzing the disease the main obstructs
will be the hair objects. These hairs will hide the region of
interest (ROI) from being detected. There are many
computer-aided techniques to assist dermatologists. In
this paper, we propose an algorithm which removes hairs
without altering the lesion area. The algorithm uses image
processing technique for detection and removal of hair
from the dermoscopy images. First, hair is excluded from
lesion; later image is reconstructed by considering the
nearest 8 edge pixels. The algorithm is tested on PH2
database. We have used MATLAB for implementing our
algorithm.
Keywords :
Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Dermoscopy, lesions;
