33218 Advantages of standardization of dermoscopic imaging by leveraging the DICOM standard

Abstract

With the rise of digital dermoscopy, databases of dermoscopic images of cutaneous conditions are growing every day. However, the lack of standardization yields numerous problems, such as incompatible databases, and missing information. Even more troublesome is the lack of standardization in color rendering of dermoscopic images, resulting in significant color variability between images captured with different systems. Such color variability may negatively influence confidence and quality of diagnosis and reliability of automated image analysis algorithms.