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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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