Improved identification of potentially dangerous pigmented skin lesions by computerized image analysis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-198

  Jamora, Maria Jasmin ^a   Wainwright, Brent D ^a   Meehan, Shane A ^a   Bystryn, Jean Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037321719     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.2.195     Document Type: Article

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