Feasibility and efficacy of patient-initiated mobile teledermoscopy for short-term monitoring of clinically atypical nevi

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 489-496

  Wu, Xinyuan ^a   Oliveria, Susan A ^a   Yagerman, Sarah ^b   Chen, Lucy ^a   Defazio, Jennifer ^a   Braun, Ralph ^c   Marghoob, Ashfaq A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOSCOPE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEDERMATOLOGIST; TELEDERMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPATHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COHORT STUDIES; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEVUS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEPATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929671716     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: 21686084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2014.3837     Document Type: Article

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