Accuracy of computer diagnosis of melanoma: A quantitative meta-analysis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-367

  Rosado, Barbara ^a   Menzies, Scott ^b   Harbauer, Alexandra ^a   Pehamberger, Hubert ^a   Wolff, Klaus ^a   Binder, Michael ^a   Kittler, Harald ^a   Corona, Rosamaria ^c  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037341147     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.139.3.361     Document Type: Review

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