Analysis of the network pattern in dermatoscopic images

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-48

  Fleming, Matthew G ^a,e   Steger, Carsten ^b   Cognetta, Armand B ^c   Zhang, Jun ^d  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c University of Wisconsin ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e MFRC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatoscopy; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence; Image analysis; Melanoma; Microscopy; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0032931392     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1999.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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