In a computer-aided system for skin cancer diagnosis, hair removal is one of the main challenges to face before applying process automatic lesion segmentation and classification. this paper, we propose straightforward method detect remove from dermoscopic images. Preliminarily, regions consider as candidate border/corner components located on image frame are automatically detected. Then, determ...

Current methods of forensic hair analysis rely upon comparisons of either hair morphology or DNA. Microscopic examination of hair can indicate species, race, body and method of removal. However, determining the age and gender of a subject based on hair morphology is not widely accepted. In forensic medicine sex from hair can be determined in decomposed bodies and mutilated bodies. Root sheath c...

714 P&T® • December 2005 • Vol. 30 No. 12 NEW DRUGS Eflornithine for Excess Facial Hair in Women Barrier Therapeutics has launched eflornithine HCl cream 13.9% (Vaniqua®) in Canada. The company acquired the exclusive right to distribute this product from Shire in June 2005. This is the only topical prescription product approved by Health Canada for slowing the growth of unwanted facial hair in ...