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. 2021 Feb 24;12(1):7–19. doi: 10.14740/wjon1349

Table 3. Categories of Noninvasive Detectors for Melanoma.

Category Explanation Devices
Category-I devices For large-scale screening purposes Dermoscopy
Sequential digital dermoscopy
Total body photography
Category-II devices Evaluation of a few preselected, atypical lesions Computer-aided multispectral digital analysis
Electrical impedance spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
Category-III devices For evaluations by qualified experts of preselected lesions in specialist clinics Reflectance confocal microscopy
Multiphoton tomography
Category-IV devices Experimental development stage, appropriate for the evaluation of a few preselected lesions Stepwise two-photon-laser spectroscopy
Quantitative dynamic infrared imaging