Colors in atypical nevi: A computer description reproducing clinical assessment

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-41

  Seidenari, Stefania ^a   Pellacani, Giovanni ^a   Grana, Costantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated diagnosis; Dermoscopy; Epiluminescence microscopy; Image analysis; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ATYPICAL NEVI (AN); BENIGN NEVI (BN); MELANOCYTIC LESIONS; MELANOMA (MM);

DERMATOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN COLOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DERMOSCOPY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14844314114     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2005.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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