A pilot study of fluorescence diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma using a digital flash light-based imaging system

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Moussa, Georg ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Fluorescence imaging; Image analysis; Non invasive skin imaging; Skin cancer diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CREAM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN SURGERY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41149108665     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2008.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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