Computer-aided measurement of psoriatic lesion area in a multicenter clinical trial-Comparison to physician's estimations

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-27

  Kreft, Samo ^a   Kreft, Marko ^b   Resman, Aleksander ^c   Marko, Pij ^d   Kreft, Katarina Zajc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c Lek dd   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Area; Computer aided measurement; PASI; Psoriasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPSORIASIS AGENT; CALCIPOTRIOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OINTMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RELIABILITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSORIASIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748306100     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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