Integrating static and dynamic features of melanoma: The DynaMel algorithm

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-36

  Buhl, Timo ^a   Hansen Hagge, Christian ^a   Korpas, Bianca ^a   Kaune, Kjell M ^a   Haas, Ellen ^a   Rosenberger, Albert ^a   Schön, Michael P ^a   Emmert, Steffen ^a   Haenssle, Holger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

digital dermatoscopy; DynaMel; dynamic changes; melanoma; nevi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CHECKLIST; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DYNAMEL ALGORITHM; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655201488     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.09.731     Document Type: Article

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