Differentiation among basal cell carcinoma, benign lesions, and normal skin using electric impedance

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1020-1025

  Beetner, Daryl G ^a   Kapoor, Sanat ^b,c   Manjunath, Shivappa ^b,d   Zhou, Xiangyang ^b   Stoecker, William V ^e  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^d ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES   (United States)

^e The Dermatology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Bioelectrical impedance; Electric conductivity; Spectrum analysis; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROELECTRODES; SKIN; TUMORS;

LESIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPEDANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0041764985     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.814534     Document Type: Article

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