Evaluation of a program for the automatic dermoscopic diagnosis of melanoma in a general dermatology setting

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Fueyo Casado, Alejandro ^a,b   Vázquez López, Francisco ^a   Sanchez Martin, Jesus ^a   Garcia Garcia, Begoña ^a   Pérez Oliva, Narciso ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 58849130160     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34421.x     Document Type: Article

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