Diagnostic and neural analysis of skin cancer (DANAOS). A multicentre study for collection and computer-aided analysis of data from pigmented skin lesions using digital dermoscopy

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 801-809

  Hoffmann, K ^a   Gambichler, T ^a   Rick, A ^b   Kreutz, M ^b   Anschuetz, M ^b   Grunendick T ^b   Orlikov, A ^a,b   Gehlen, S ^b   Perotti, R ^c   Andreassi, L ^c   Bishop, J Newton ^d   Cesarini J P ^e   Fischer, T ^f   Frosch, P J ^g   Lindskov, R ^h   Mackie, R ⁱ   Nashan, D ^j   Sommer, A ^k   Neumann, M ^k   Ortonne, J P ^l   Bahadoran, P ^l   Penas, P F ^m   Zoras, U ⁿ   Altmeyer, P ^a   more..

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Center of Neuroinformatics AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^k MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

Computer aided analysis; DANAOS; Dermoscopy; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC AND NEURAL ANALYSIS OF SKIN CANCER; DIGITAL EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EUROPE; EXPERT SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 0242550826     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05547.x     Document Type: Article

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