The diagnostic performance of expert dermoscopists vs a computer-vision system on small-diameter melanomas

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Friedman, Robert J ^a   Gutkowicz Krusin, Dina ^b   Farber, Michele J ^a   Warycha, Melanie ^a   Schneider Kels, Lori ^a   Papastathis, Nicole ^a   Mihm Jr , Martin C ^d,e   Googe, Paul ^f   King, Roy ^f   Prieto, Victor G ^g   Kopf, Alfred W ^a   Polsky, David ^a   Rabinovitz, Harold ^h   Oliviero, Margaret ^h   Cognetta, Armand ⁱ   Rigel, Darrell S ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq ^c   Rivers, Jason ^k   Johr, Robert ^j   Grant Kels, Jane M ^l   Tsao, Hensin ^d   more..

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

^b Electro Optical Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Knoxville Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

ⁱ Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 42549085827     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.144.4.476     Document Type: Article

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