Automated melanoma detection with a novel multispectral imaging system: Results of a prospective study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1675-1687

  Tomatis, Stefano ^a   Carrara, Mauro ^a   Bono, Aldo ^a   Bartoli, Cesare ^a   Lualdi, Manuela ^a   Tragni, Gabrina ^a   Colombo, Ambrogio ^a   Marchesini, Renato ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT MONITORING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATED DIAGNOSIS; MELANOMA DETECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC) ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOMATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORPHOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THICKNESS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 22844433226     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/8/004     Document Type: Article

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