Current and emerging technologies in melanoma diagnosis: the state of the art Journal Article
| Authors: | Psaty, E. L.; Halpern, A. C. |
| Article Title: | Current and emerging technologies in melanoma diagnosis: the state of the art |
| Abstract: | Relative to other specialties, dermatologists have been slow to adopt advanced technologic diagnostic aids. Most skin disease can be diagnosed by simple visual inspection, and the skin is readily accessible for a diagnostic biopsy. Diagnostic aids, such as total body photography and dermoscopy, improve the clinician's ability to diagnose melanoma beyond unaided visual inspection, however, and are now considered mainstream methods for early detection. Emerging technologies such as in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy are currently being investigated to determine their utility for noninvasive diagnosis of melanoma. This review summarizes the currently available cutaneous imaging devices and new frontiers in noninvasive diagnosis of skin disease. We anticipate that multimodal systems that combine different imaging technologies will further improve our ability to detect, at the bedside, melanoma at an earlier stage. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Keywords: | disease classification; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; methylene blue; diagnostic accuracy; sensitivity and specificity; diagnostic procedure; melanoma; dermoscopy; confocal microscopy; skin biopsy; microscopy, confocal; skin neoplasms; melanocyte; fluorescent dye; epiluminescence microscopy; ultrasound; risk assessment; computer assisted diagnosis; three dimensional imaging; molecular typing; skin disease; total body photography; dysplastic nevus; equipment design; photography; tumor diagnosis; confocal laser microscopy; fluorescein; tolonium chloride; optical coherence tomography; teledermoscopy; diagnosis, computer-assisted |
| Journal Title: | Clinics in Dermatology |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0738-081X |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2009-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 35 |
| End Page: | 45 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2008.09.004 |
| PUBMED: | 19095152 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC5624041 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 4" - "Export Date: 30 November 2010" - "CODEN: CLDEE" - "Source: Scopus" |
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