Emerging technologies for the detection of melanoma: Achieving better outcomes

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 195-212

  Herman, Cila ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo diagnostics; Infrared imaging; Melanoma detection and diagnosis; Quantitative imaging; Thermography

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; MELANOMA; MOTION TRACKING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; TERAHERTZ IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 84872870044     PISSN: 11787015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CCID.S27902     Document Type: Review

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