A method for analyzing an image of a lesion on the skin of a subject including (a) identifying the lesion in the image by differentiating the lesion from the skin； (b) segmenting the image； and (c) selecting a feature of the image and comparing the selected feature to a library of predetermined parameters of the feature. The feature of the lesion belongs to any one selected from the group: color, border, asymmetry and texture of the image.
