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Table D-4. Outcome measures reported in the published primary studies for noninvasive diagnostic devices^
Noninvasive technologies Test accuracy Clinical outcomes Lesion characterization Other
Modalities in clinical use
Photography 9 0 10 18
Dermoscopy 92 1 83 63
Modalities in limited clinical use
Confocal microscopy 15 0 24 3
Ultrasound / Laser Doppler 5 0 8 3
Photodynamic diagnosis 3 0 2 1
Investigational
Multiphoton laser scanning 2 0 0 0
microscopy
Multispectral imaging and fully
automated computer-based 1 0 0 0
analysis
Electrical bio-impedance 2 0 0 3
Optical coherence tomography 1 0 2 0
Tape stripping 2 0 0 0
^Thermography is not included in this table as no primary studies on thermography were identified.

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