title: An introduction to primary skin imaging.
abstract: Dermatology is a field in which clinical examination is heavily relied upon for diagnosis. When required, a tissue biopsy may also be performed to confirm the diagnosis. Recent advances in imaging techniques have been applied to cutaneous lesions to improve diagnostic accuracy without the need for biopsy. These new imaging techniques are reviewed for their developing role in dermatology.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Sloan Memorial Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Analytical and Stochastic Biomedical Physics Section, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Bahar
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dasgeb
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kainerstorfer
authors.forename: Darius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mehregan
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Van Vreede
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gandjbakhche
mesh_terms: D046169:Dermoscopy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D054459:Elasticity Imaging Techniques; D006801:Humans; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D061848:Optical Imaging; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence