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    • Robustness is crucial for computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) systems using dermoscopy images.
    • Multisource images acquired under varying conditions (illumination, devices) challenge CADx system performance.
    • Color variations in dermoscopy images due to different acquisition setups can significantly reduce diagnostic accuracy.

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    • To investigate the effectiveness of color constancy algorithms in normalizing multisource dermoscopy images.
    • To evaluate the impact of color normalization on the performance of CADx systems.
    • To compare four specific color constancy algorithms: Gray World, max-RGB, Shades of Gray, and General Gray World.

    Main Methods:

    • Implementation and application of four distinct color constancy algorithms to multisource dermoscopy image datasets.
    • Utilizing 1-D RGB histograms as features for a bag-of-features classification system.
    • Training and testing the classification system on normalized and unnormalized image datasets to assess performance metrics.

    Main Results:

    • Color constancy significantly improves the classification performance of CADx systems when using multisource dermoscopy images.
    • Sensitivity increased from 71.0% to 79.7% after applying color constancy.
    • Specificity improved from 55.2% to 76% with color-normalized images.

    Conclusions:

    • Color normalization is essential for enhancing the robustness and accuracy of CADx systems dealing with multisource dermoscopy images.
    • The investigated color constancy algorithms effectively mitigate performance degradation caused by variations in image acquisition.
    • The findings demonstrate a substantial improvement in diagnostic classification metrics through color normalization.