Automatic classification of skin lesions using geometrical measurements of adaptive neighborhoods and local binary patterns

V. Gonzalez-Castro, J. Debayle*, Y. Wazaefi, M. Rahim, C. Gaudy, J. J. Grob, B. Fertil

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Abstract

This paper introduces a method for characterizing and classifying skin lesions in dermoscopic color images with the goal of detecting which ones are melanoma (cancerous lesions). The images are described by means of the Local Binary Patterns (LBPs) computed on geometrical feature maps of each color component of the image. These maps are extracted from geometrical measurements of the General Adaptive Neighborhoods (GAN) of the pixels. The GAN of a pixel is a region surrounding it and fitting its local image spatial structure. The performance of the proposed texture descriptor has been evaluated by means of an Artificial Neural Network, and it has been compared with the classical LBPs. Experimental results using ROC curves show that the GAN-based method outperforms the classical one and the dermatologists' predictions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1722-1726
Number of pages5
Volume2015-December
ISBN (Print)9781479983391
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 9 Dec 2015
EventIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 27 Sept 201530 Sept 2015

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2015
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period27/09/1530/09/15

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • General adaptive neighborhoods
  • Local binary patterns
  • Melanoma
  • Texture description

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