The CASH (color, architecture, symmetry, and homogeneity) algorithm for dermoscopy

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Henning, J Scott ^a,b   Dusza, Stephen W ^a   Wang, Steven Q ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold S ^c   Polsky, David ^a   Kopf, Alfred W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

^c SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845694252     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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