Inter-observer variability in reading of phototest reactions with sharply or diffusely delineated borders

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-402

  Falk, Magnus ^a   Ilias, M ^a   Anderson, C ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Erythema; LDPI; Observer variability; Phototesting; UVB

Indexed keywords

ERYTHEMA; LDPI; OBSERVER VARIABILITY; PHOTOTESTING; UVB;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54049109631     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2008.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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