In vivo characterization of melanin in melanocytic lesions: Spectroscopic study on 1671 pigmented skin lesions

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Marchesini, Renato ^a   Bono, Aldo ^a   Carrara, Mauro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

diffuse reflectance; eumelanin; melanin; melanocytic lesions; melanoma; pheomelanin; spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; EUMELANINS; MELANIN; MELANOCYTIC LESIONS; MELANOMA; PHEOMELANIN;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DERMATOLOGY;

MELANIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MELANINS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 65349155221     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3080140     Document Type: Article

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