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The Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Melanoma: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study by MacLellan, A. Nikolas; Price, Emma L.; Publicover-Brouwer, Pamela; Matheson, Kara; Ly, Thai Yen; Pasternak, Sylvia; Walsh, Noreen M.; Gallant, Christopher J.; Oakley, Amanda; Hull, Peter R.; Langley, Richard G. is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Early detection of melanoma is crucial to improving the detection of thin curable melanomas. noninvasive, computer-assisted methods have been developed to use at the bedside to aid in diagnoses but have not been compared directly in a clinical setting. ## Objective: We conducted a prospective diagnostic accuracy study comparing a dermatologist's clinical examination at the bedside, teledermatology, and noninvasive imaging techniques (fotofinder, melafind, and verisante aura). ## Methods: A total of 184 patients were recruited prospectively from an outpatient dermatology clinic, with lesions imaged, assessed, and excised. skin specimens were assessed by 2 blinded pathologists, providing the gold standard comparison. ## Results: Fifty-nine lesions from 56 patients had a histopathologic diagnosis of melanoma, whereas 150 lesions from 128 patients were diagnosed as benign. sensitivities and specificities were, respectively, melafind (82.5%, 52.4%), verisante aura (21.4%, 86.2%), and fotofinder moleanalyzer pro (88.1%, 78.8%). the sensitivity and specificity of the teledermoscopist (84.5% and 82.6%, respectively) and local dermatologist (96.6% and 32.2%, respectively) wer
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- Author
- MacLellan, A. Nikolas; Price, Emma L.; Publicover-Brouwer, Pamela; Matheson, Kara; Ly, Thai Yen; Pasternak, Sylvia; Walsh, Noreen M.; Gallant, Christopher J.; Oakley, Amanda; Hull, Peter R.; Langley, Richard G.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Mosby Inc.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1097-6787)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)