Pump-probe imaging differentiates melanoma from melanocytic nevi

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 71, 2011, Pages

  Matthews, Thomas E ^a   Piletic, Ivan R ^a,c   Selim, M Angelica ^b   Simpson, Mary Jane ^a   Warren, Warren S ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPIDERMIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PUMP PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECTROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952224388     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001604     Document Type: Article

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51. Funding: This study was funded by the NIH (grant 5RC1CA145105) and Duke University. Author contributions: T.E.M. performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the paper. I.R.P. helped design the experiments and assisted with experiments and data analysis. M.A.S. provided tissue samples as well as expertise in pathology and dermatology. M.J.S. assisted with experiments. W.S.W. designed the experimental method and directed the study. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.