Improved methods for computer-aided analysis of identifying features of skin lesions from digital images of the lesions are provided. Improved preprocessing of the image that 1) eliminates artifacts that occlude or distort skin lesion features and 2) identifies groups of pixels within the skin lesion...http://www.google.de/patents/US20060269111?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20060269111 - AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF CRITICAL DERMOSCOPY FEATURES FOR MALIGNANT MELANOMA DIAGNOSIS