Diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma: accuracy of a computerized image analysis system (Skin View)

Background/aims: Early diagnosis is essential for reducing the high mortality of CM (cutaneous melanoma). An expert dermatologist has a diagnostic accuracy of 85% but, in performing mass screening, the problem is to transfer the experience of a specialized centre to peripheral health clinics. Therefore, some computerized analysis systems were made. The aim of this paper is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of one such system, the Skin View System (SVS), to the accuracy of a well trained dermatologist in order to establish the real usefulness of the instrument and to verify how much it can help the diagnostic accuracy of the clinician in a dermatology setting.

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