Smartphone applications for melanoma detection by community, patient and generalist clinician users: A review

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1507-1518

  Kassianos, A P ^a   Emery, J D ^a,b   Murchie, P ^c   Walter, F M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; COMMUNITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; MELANOMA; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EXAMINATION; SELF MONITORING; SKIN DEFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DEVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-EXAMINATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84930379144     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13665     Document Type: Article

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