Efficacy of tissue autofluorescence imaging (velscope) in the visualization of oral mucosal lesions

Head and Neck

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 856-862

  Farah, Camile S ^a   McIntosh, Lidija ^a   Georgiou, Anastasia ^b   McCullough, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Westmead Centre for Oral Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

early detection; oral cancer; oral examination; tissue autofluorescence imaging; VELScope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CANCER SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LEUKOPLAKIA, ORAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861335679     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21834     Document Type: Article

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