Multispectral imaging approach in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma: Potentiality and limits

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1243-1254

  Farina, B ^a   Bartoli, C ^a   Bono, A ^a   Colombo, A ^a   Lualdi, M ^a   Tragni, G ^a   Marchesini, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPHYSICS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0034090460     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/312     Document Type: Article

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