Evaluation of cutaneous melanoma thickness by digital dermoscopy analysis: A retrospective study

Melanoma Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Rubegni, Pietro ^a   Cevenini, Gabriele ^b   Sbano, Paolo ^a   Burroni, Marco ^a   Zalaudek, Iris ^e   Risulo, Massimiliano ^a   Dell'Eva, Giordana ^c   Nami, Niccolò ^a   Martino, Antonia ^d   Fimiani, Michele ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c LegaTumori   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Digital dermoscopy analysis; Melanoma; Thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIGITAL DERMOSCOPY ANALYSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN TUMOR; THICKNESS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952241090     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e328335a8ff     Document Type: Article

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