Review of Image Acquisition and Classification Methods on Early Detection of Skin Cancer

Abstract

The word cancer is enough to send many people into a spin. However, most types of skin cancer have a very favorable prognosis. They are common and very treatable. Melanoma is the skin cancer of most concern. Minor skin cancers often appear as a spot or sore that will not heal. Melanomas may arise in a preexisting skin mole that has become darker or changed in appearance. More often they will appear as a new mole or an unusual freckle. Nearly all skin cancers are related to excessive UV radiation. The depletion of the earth's ozone layer also appears to be increasing the risk of developing skin cancer. With melanoma, family history also seems to be a factor. Detection at the melanoma in situ stage provides the highest curable rate for melanoma. The aim of this paper is to provide the summary of all the available methods and stages of melanoma identification.

Sistema de monitoreo de crecimiento de lunares para la detección temprana de cáncer de piel tipo melanoma basado en dispositivos móviles Android

“…El melanoma puede aparecer en un lunar pre-existente en la piel que se ha vuelto más obscuro o bien ha cambiado en apariencia, aunque es más común encontrarlo como un lunar nuevo o una peca inusual. Es altamente curable si se detecta en una etapa temprana [7] y se desarrolla en dos fases: Fase de crecimiento radial (sobre la epidermis) y fase de crecimiento vertical (hacia la dermis) [8].…”