Mobile teledermatology for skin tumour screening: Diagnostic accuracy of clinical and dermoscopic image tele-evaluation using cellular phones

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 973-979

  Kroemer, S ^a   Fruhauf J ^a   Campbell, T M ^b   Massone, C ^a   Schwantzer, G ^a   Soyer, H P ^b   Hofmann Wellenhof, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOCYTE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR; TELEDERMATOLOGY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955448833     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10208.x     Document Type: Article

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