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. 2021 Feb 10;18(4):1726. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041726

Table 1.

Detailed Strategy of the Literature Identification Process.

Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Daily and Versions(R) 1946 to 04 August 2020 n = 255

  1. exp Imaging, Three-Dimensional/ or vectra.mp. 1

  2. whole Body photography.mp.

  3. 3D total Body photography.mp.

  4. total-Body 3D photography.mp.

  5. complete Body photography.mp.

  6. Body photography.mp.

  7. exp Skin Neoplasms/ or exp Melanoma/ or cutaneous melanoma.mp.

  8. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6

  9. 7 and 8

Embase 1974 to 2020 Week 31, n = 1283

  1. vectra.mp.

  2. Three-Dimensional Imaging.mp. or exp three-dimensional imaging/ or exp image processing/

  3. whole Body photography.mp.

  4. exp imaging system/ or 3D total Body photography.mp.

  5. total-Body 3D photography.mp.

  6. complete Body photography.mp.

  7. Body photography.mp

  8. exp skin cancer/ or cutaneous melanoma.mp. or exp melanoma/ or exp cutaneous melanoma/

  9. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7

  10. 8 and 9

Cochrane library, n = 23 trials

  1. melanoma OR cutaneous melanoma

  2. Vectra

  3. Three-dimensional imaging

  4. 3D total Body photography

  5. total-Body 3D photography

  6. complete Body photography

  7. Body photography

  8. #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7

  9. #1 AND #8

1 “mp” refers to an ovid syntax term standing for multi-purpose. In general, an MP search searches the title, original title, abstract, subject heading, name of the substance, and registry word fields.