Computer-Aided Decision Support for Melanoma Detection Applied on Melanocytic and Nonmelanocytic Skin Lesions: A Comparison of Two Systems Based on Automatic Analysis of Dermoscopic Images

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Møllersen, Kajsa ^a   Kirchesch, Herbert ^b   Zortea, Maciel ^c   Schopf, Thomas R ^a   Hindberg, Kristian ^c   Godtliebsen, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Private Office   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DERMATOSCOPE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DERMOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84949254782     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/579282     Document Type: Article

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