Terahertz pulsed imaging of basal cell carcinoma ex vivo and in vivo

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 424-432

  Wallace, V P ^a   Fitzgerald, A J ^a   Shankar, S ^b   Flanagan, N ^c   Pye, R ^c   Cluff, J ^a   Arnone, D D ^a  

^a TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BUPA Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Diagnosis; Mohs' micrographic surgery; Terahertz pulsed imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544367281     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06129.x     Document Type: Article

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