Noninvasive imaging technologies in the diagnosis of melanoma

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-184

  Wang, Steven Q ^a   Hashemi, Pantea ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOTAL BODY PHOTOGRAPHY;

DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78049496441     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2010.06.006     Document Type: Review

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