Assessment of pigmented skin lesions in terms of blood perfusion estimates

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-49

  Allias, Michail A ^a   Wardell K ^a   Stucker M ^b   Anderson, C ^a   Salerud, E G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood perfusion estimates; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging; Lesion delineation; Region of interest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; NEVUS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 1042269518     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2004.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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