Clinical and Laboratory Investigations Digital image analysis for diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. Development of a highly effective computer algorithm based on analysis of 837 melanocytic lesions

Background  Digital image analysis has been introduced into the diagnosis of skin lesions based on dermoscopic pictures.

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