Computer-aided dermoscopy for diagnosis of melanoma

BMC Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Barzegari, Masoomeh ^a   Ghaninezhad, Haiedeh ^a   Mansoori, Parisa ^a   Taheri, Arash ^a   Naraghi, Zahra S ^a   Asgari, Masood ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESTHETICS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MELANOMA; PHYSICIAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; CHILD; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26844548768     PISSN: 14715945     EISSN: 14715945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-8     Document Type: Article

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