Quantitative discrimination of pigmented lesions using three-dimensional high-resolution ultrasound reflex transmission imaging

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-195

  Rallan, Deepak ^a,c   Bush, Nigel L ^b   Bamber, Jeff C ^b   Harland, Chris C ^a  

^a EPSOM AND ST HELIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TUMOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845755714     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700554     Document Type: Article

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