The performance of MelaFind: A prospective multicenter study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Monheit, Gary ^a   Cognetta, Armand B ^b   Ferris, Laura ^c   Rabinovitz, Harold ^d   Gross, Kenneth ^e   Martini, Mary ^f   Grichnik, James M ^g   Mihm, Martin ^h   Prieto, Victor G ⁱ   Googe, Paul ^j   King, Roy ^j   Toledano, Alicia ^k   Kabelev, Nikolai ^l   Wojton, Maciej ^l   Gutkowicz Krusin, Dina ^l  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b Dermatology Associates of Tallahassee   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SKIN AND CANCER ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e Skin Surgery Medical Group   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j Knoxville Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^k University of Iowa   (United States)

^l MELA Sciences Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951998812     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.302     Document Type: Article

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