Automated Diagnostic Instruments for Cutaneous Melanoma

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-36

  Vestergaard, Malene E ^a   Menzies, Scott W ^b  

^a SYDNEY CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

automated; computer assisted; diagnosis; melanocytic; melanoma; pigmented lesion

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MELANOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43449115685     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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