Comparison of actual psoriasis surface area and the psoriasis area and severity index by the human eye and machine vision methods in following the treatment of psoriasis

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 466-467

  Savolainen, L ^a   Kontinen, J ^a   Alatalo, E ^a   Roning J ^a   Oikarinen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS;

ACITRETIN; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTHRALIN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCITRIOL; COLOR; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSORIASIS; PUVA THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TARS;

EID: 0031733127     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598442818     Document Type: Article

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