An Application for Skin Macules Characterization Based on a 3-Stage Image-Processing Algorithm for Patients with Diabetes

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Example of segmentation of skin regions and lesion regions found in Stage 2 for four patients: (a) patient no. 1, skin region; (b) patient no. 1 shows 29% damage due to vascular damage and a trauma; (c) patient no. 2, skin region; (d) patient no. 2 shows 24% damage due to petechiae and vascular damage; (e) patient no. 3, skin region; (f) patient no. 3 shows 31% damage due to trophic changes, a trauma, and vascular damage; (g) patient no. 4, skin region; (h) patient no. 4 shows 21% damage due to traumatic lesions and vascular damage.

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