Spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis in the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma: A pilot study

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-375

  Tehrani, Hamid ^a,b,c,d   Walls, Joe ^a,b,c   Cotton, Symon ^a,b,c   Sassoon, Elaine ^a,b,c   Hall, Per ^a,b,c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Astron Clinica Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PILOT STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247136398     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.03062.x     Document Type: Article

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