Preoperative melanoma thickness determination by 20-MHZ sonography and digital videomicroscopy in combination

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-298

  Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Seidenari, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037339431     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.3.293     Document Type: Article

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