Melanoma screening with serial whole body photographic change detection using Melanoscan® technology

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Drugge, Rhett J ^a   Nguyen, Chi ^a   Drugge, Elizabeth D ^a   Gliga, Luciana ^a   Broderick, Patrick A ^b   McClain, Steve A ^c   Brown, Christopher C ^d  

^a Sheard and Drugge   (United States)

^b STAMFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c McClain Laboratories LLC   (United States)

^d Dermazone Solutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIGITAL IMAGING; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; TUMOR BIOPSY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67650474754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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