Digital Image Analysis for Diagnosis of Skin Tumors

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Blum, Andreas ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^b   Argenziano, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Private and Teaching Practice of Dermatology   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

digital image analysis; melanocytic nevi; melanoma; skin tumors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BENIGN TUMOR; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43249100048     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2007.12.005     Document Type: Review

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