Quantification of skin lesions with a 3D stereovision camera system: Validation and clinical applications

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Skvara, Hans ^a   Burnett, Patrick ^b   Jones, Julie ^c   Duschek, Nikolaus ^d   Plassmann, Peter ^e   Thirion, Jean Philippe ^f  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research Basel   (Switzerland)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^f QuantifiCare SA   (France)

Author keywords

3D; 3D volume; Basal cell carcinoma; Imaging; Profilometry; Skin texture

Indexed keywords

3-D MEASUREMENT; 3-D SURFACE MEASUREMENT; 3D; 3D CAMERA; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; 3D SURFACE; 3D VOLUME; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CAMERA SYSTEMS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIGITAL CAMERA SYSTEM; DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION; DYNAMIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SKIN LESION; SKIN TEXTURES; STATIC IMAGING; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SURFACE POSITIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3-D) IMAGING; VALIDATION DATA;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PROFILOMETRY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; SKIN STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DERMOSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872133758     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2012.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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