Masters Theses

Abstract

“The incidence of malignant melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer has been rapidly rising. Melanoma tends to occur in adults in the prime of their lives. Detection and surgical treatment of the early stages of this malignancy are the most curative techniques. In contrast, diagnosis and treatment in late stages often have dismal results. Clinical photography is the most popular form for recording cases of malignant melanoma in America. This thesis deals with the identification and the determination of an index for the asymmetric occurrence of dark pigmented regions in clinical images of skin tumors. Encouraging results have been obtained applying this index to the detection of malignant melanoma”--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Moss, Randy Hays, 1953-

Committee Member(s)

Stanley, R. Joe
Stoecker, William V.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Comments

The National Institutes of Health funded this project.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 2001

Pagination

viii, 63 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (page 62).

Rights

© 2001 Harikrishna Subramanian, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 7954

Print OCLC #

48270579

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