Saliency-based segmentation of dermoscopic images using color information

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13179v3
• Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 15:45:26 GMT
• Title: Saliency-based segmentation of dermoscopic images using color information
• Authors: Giuliana Ramella
• Abstract summary: This paper investigates how color information, besides saliency, can be used to determine the pigmented lesion region automatically. We propose a novel method employing a binarization process coupled with new perceptual criteria, inspired by the human visual perception. We have assessed the method on two public databases, including 1497 dermoscopic images.
• Score: 3.8073142980733
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Skin lesion segmentation is one of the crucial steps for an efficient non-invasive computer-aided early diagnosis of melanoma. This paper investigates how color information, besides saliency, can be used to determine the pigmented lesion region automatically. Unlike most existing segmentation methods using only the saliency in order to discriminate against the skin lesion from the surrounding regions, we propose a novel method employing a binarization process coupled with new perceptual criteria, inspired by the human visual perception, related to the properties of saliency and color of the input image data distribution. As a means of refining the accuracy of the proposed method, the segmentation step is preceded by a pre-processing aimed at reducing the computation burden, removing artifacts, and improving contrast. We have assessed the method on two public databases, including 1497 dermoscopic images. We have also compared its performance with classical and recent saliency-based methods designed explicitly for dermoscopic images. The qualitative and quantitative evaluation indicates that the proposed method is promising since it produces an accurate skin lesion segmentation and performs satisfactorily compared to other existing saliency-based segmentation methods.

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