In vivo thickness measurement of basal cell carcinoma and actinic keratosis with optical coherence tomography and 20-MHz ultrasound

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1026-1033

  Mogensen, M ^a   Nurnberg B M ^a   Forman, J L ^a   Thomsen, J B ^b   Thrane, L ^b   Jemec, G B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinic keratosis; Basal cell carcinoma; Diagnostic imaging; High frequency ultrasound; Optical coherence tomography; Tumour thickness

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CELL INFILTRATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 64849088899     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.09003.x     Document Type: Article

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