Automated measurement of melanoma cross-sectional area

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-159

  Smolle, Josef ^a   Okcu, Aslhan ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^a   Pfaffenthaler, Eva ^a   Fink Puches, Regina ^a   Richtig, Erika ^a   Kerl, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Cutaneous melanoma; Image analysis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CANCER STAGING; DIGITAL COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031960426     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-199804000-00009     Document Type: Article

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