Imaging Techniques for the In Vivo Diagnosis of Melanoma

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-10

  Esmaeili IV, Azadeh ^a   Scope, Alon ^a   Halpern, Allan C ^a   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

confocal; dermoscopy; melanoma; short term mole monitoring; total body photography

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INDIVIDUAL LESION PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFLECTANCE CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; REVIEW; TOTAL BODY PHOTOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43249115360     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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