title: Characterization of border structure using fractal dimension in melanomas.
abstract: There are many characteristics that differentiate normal moles (nevi) from melanomas. One of them is their boundary irregularity, which can be quantified using Fractal Dimension. In this work, fractal dimension of normal moles and melanoma was computed using the box counting method. These measurements were used to train a linear decoder in order to predict the pathology. The average performance to discriminate normal moles from melanomas reached 85% giving some insights about the power of the fractal dimension as a candidate for automatic detection and diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Física de Dispositivos-Microelectrónica, Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. Paseo Colón 850, C1063ACV, ARGENTINA. scarbonetto@fi.uba.ar
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Carbonetto
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lew
mesh_terms: D017709:Fractals; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*