Correlation of image analysis features and visual morphology in melanocytic skin tumours using in vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy

Background/purpose: In vivo confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) represents a novel imaging tool that allows the non‐invasive examination of skin cancer morphology at a quasi histological resolution without biopsy. Previous studies dealt with the search for diagnostic, but subjective visual criteria. In this study we examined the correlation between objectively reproducible image‐analysis features und visual morphology in melanocytic skin tumours using CLSM.

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