Electrical impedance scanning for melanoma diagnosis: A validation study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 782-790

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Glickman, Y A ^b   Siller, G ^b   McLeod, R ^b   Topaz, M ^b   Howe, C ^b   Ginzburg, A ^b   Zamir, B ^b   Filo, O ^b   Kenan, G ^b   Ullmann, Y ^b  

^a Linn Medical Center   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24644479031     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000176258.52201.22     Document Type: Article

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