Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Melanoma.
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Dermatologic clinics
Abstract
Multispectral analysis devices assess pigmented lesion disorganization at different levels using variable wavelengths of light. Computerized algorithms measure morphologic disorganization of the pigmented skin lesion. Aggregated data of 855 participants investigating the influence of multispectral digital skin lesion analysis (MSDSLA) on practitioner decisions to biopsy pigmented skin lesions revealed the overall sensitivity for detection of melanoma improved from 70% to 88%. Participant specificity increased from 52% to 58% after MSDSLA. Five studies using spectrophotometric intracutaneous analysis scope to evaluate suspicious pigmented skin lesions demonstrated an overall sensitivity and specificity of 85% and 81%, respectively, for the detection of melanoma.
First Page
453
Last Page
456
DOI
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2017.06.006
Publication Date
10-1-2017
Recommended Citation
Winkelmann RR, Farberg AS, Glazer AM, Rigel DS. Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Melanoma. Dermatol Clin. 2017 Oct;35(4):453-456. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2017.06.006. Epub 2017 Aug 7. PMID: 28886801.