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Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopy

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Early detection is critical to the successful treatment and survival of patients with melanoma. A dermatologist’s sensitivity in detecting melanoma by visual clinical examination is reported to be in the range of 65% to 80% [26, 42]. Dermoscopy, which provides a magnified image of a lesion, can improve diagnostic accuracy to as high as 85% for clinicians who are highly trained in the use of dermoscopy [8]. However, sensitivity is still unacceptably low for a life threatening disease. Therefore, development of non-invasive high-resolution techniques for imaging melanocytic lesions in situ in the patient is highly desirable since they may increase diagnostic accuracy.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Queensland Institute of Dermatology, University of Queensland, QLD 4102, Brisbane, Australia

    Hans Peter Soyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, Second University of Naples, Via Pansini 5, I-80131, Naples, Italy

    Guiseppe Argenziano

  3. Department of Dermatology, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, A-8036, Graz, Austria

    Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof

  4. Pigmented Lesion Clinic, University of Miami, School of Medicine, 33136, Miami, FL, USA

    Robert H. Johr

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(2007). Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscopy. In: Soyer, H., Argenziano, G., Hofmann-Wellenhof, R., Johr, R. (eds) Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_5

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