An Overview of Melanoma Detection in Dermoscopy Images Using Image Processing and Machine Learning

Understand

The incidence of malignant melanoma continues to increase worldwide.

• This cancer can strike at any age; it is one of the leading causes of loss of life in young persons.
• Since this cancer is visible on the skin, it is potentially detectable at a very early stage when it is curable.
• New developments have converged to make fully automatic early melanoma detection a real possibility.