Topodermatographic image analysis for melanoma screening and the quantitative assessment of tumor dimension parameters of the skin

Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 981-988

  Voigt, Holger ^a   Claßen, Richarda ^a  

^a Clinic Section and Research Institute ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

computerized image analysis; dysplastic nevi; melanoma; multiple moles; screening; skin metastasis; topodermatography; total lesion count; tumor dimension parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0028843150     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950215)75:4<981::AID-CNCR2820750413>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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