Automatic 3D surface area measurement for vitiligo lesions

Vitiligo is a long term skin depigmentation disease that may result in psychological stress. Monitoring changes in vitiligo lesion area allows assessment of treatment efficacy and aids in clinical decision making. Currently existing approaches for vitiligo lesion measurement are either inefficient or inaccurate. Using a RGB-D camera (Kinect) and imaging processing techniques, we develop an automated skin lesion screening system (VLAMS) that can be widely adopted in clinics. VLAMS is tested using clinical medical data. Results show VLAMS can consistently segment target lesion region and accurately measure lesion area of any skin surface.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Huang, Jiarui, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Anantha Chandrakasan.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113733

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/113733