Region-Based Active Contour JSEG Fusion Technique for Skin Lesion Segmentation from Dermoscopic Images

Published in Biomedical Research, 2019

Authors:
Rabia Javed, Mohd Shafry Mohd Rahim, Tanzila Saba, Muhammad Rashid


This work presents a skin lesion segmentation framework based on the fusion of region-based active contour models and JSEG segmentation techniques. The proposed approach improves segmentation accuracy by combining region homogeneity with boundary-based refinement, enabling better delineation of lesion structures in dermoscopic images.


Contributions 📃

  1. A hybrid segmentation framework combining JSEG and active contour models.
  2. Improved boundary detection for complex skin lesion structures.
  3. Robust segmentation performance on dermoscopic datasets.
  4. Integration of region-based and edge-based segmentation strategies.

📖 Citation (BibTeX)

@article{javed2019region,
  title     = {Region-Based Active Contour JSEG Fusion Technique for Skin Lesion Segmentation from Dermoscopic Images},
  author    = {Javed, Rabia and Rahim, Mohd Shafry Mohd and Saba, Tanzila and Rashid, Muhammad},
  journal   = {Biomedical Research},
  volume    = {30},
  number    = {6},
  pages     = {1--10},
  year      = {2019}
}

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