Impact of guidance from a computer-aided multispectral digital skin lesion analysis device on decision to biopsy lesions clinically suggestive of melanoma

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-543

  Rigel, Darrell S ^a   Roy, Mrinalini ^b   Yoo, Jane ^c   Cockerell, Clay J ^d   Robinson, June K ^e   White, Richard ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MELA Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Iris Interactive Horizons Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOLOGIST; DEVICES; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MELANOMA; MULTISPECTRAL DIGITAL SKIN LESION ANALYSIS DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING ERROR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; PHYSICIANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84859949327     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.3388     Document Type: Article

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