Comments on "A New Algorithm for Border Description of Polarized Light Surface Microscopic Images of Pigmented Skin Lesions

Author

Burroni, M. ; Alparone, Luciano ; Argenti, Fabrizio

Author_Institution

Siena Univ.

Volume

25

Issue

12

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1655

Lastpage

1656

Abstract

In this paper, discrepancies and reference inaccuracies in the paper (Grana , 2003) are pointed out. Specifically, it is demonstrated that the definitions of "lesion gradient" and "skin lesion gradient," widely used in a number of medical papers on computer analysis of pigmented skin lesions, are unambiguous, and that the "new algorithm for border description" described in the subject paper substantially relies on well-established concepts dating back over one decade ago

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; skin; border description; lesion gradient; pigmented skin lesions; polarized light surface microscopic images; skin lesion gradient; Area measurement; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Geometry; Lesions; Malignant tumors; Microscopy; Optical polarization; Pigmentation; Skin; Border descriptors; epiluminescence microscopy; image gradient analysis; melanoma; Algorithms; Humans; Image Enhancement; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Melanoma; Microscopy, Polarization; Nevus, Pigmented; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skin Neoplasms;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0062

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMI.2006.884205

Filename

4016160