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Table D-2. Evidence map of published abstracts for noninvasive diagnostic devices by skin cancer type
 Basal cell   Squamous cell       a
 Noninvasive technologies   Melanoma   Other
 carcinoma   carcinoma
 Modalities in clinical use
 Photography   28   1   -     22
 Dermoscopy   236   22   5    58
 Modalities in limited clinical use
 Confocal microscopy   29   13   2   28
 Ultrasound   9   3   -       19
 Photodynamic diagnosis   2   16   -   4
 Investigational
 Multiphoton laser scanning   -   -   -   5
 microscopy
 Multispectral imaging and fully
 automated computer-based   1   -   -   -
 analysis
 Electrical bio-impedance   -   3   -   2
 Optical coherence tomography   1   1   -   3
 Tape stripping   1   -   -    -
 Thermography   1   -   -      -
 Total   308   59   7         141
 a  Includes “malignancies of the skin, not otherwise specified” and “skin cancer combinations.”






































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