Update and Clinical Use of Imaging Technologies for Pigmented Lesions of the Skin

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-44

  O'Donnell, Allison T ^a   Kim, Caroline C ^b,c  

^a ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Melanoma; Nevi; Pigmented lesions; Technology

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMIC INFRARED IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC INTRACUTANEOUS ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOTAL BODY DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863140131     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: 15580768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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