Confocal microscopy of skin cancers: Translational advances toward clinical utility

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3231-3233

  Rajadhyaksha, Milind ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL UTILITY; CURRENT LIMITATION; INTRA-OPERATIVE IMAGING; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE; SKIN CANCERS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

MEDICINE;

EID: 77950990144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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