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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by echion on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:55PM (#15664834)
What's the name of the laser procedure you had?
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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by ThomPete on Thursday November 09, 2017 @01:59PM (#15664879)
Can't remember but I can find out. It had to be strapped on to me very precisely and they had a lot of issues with keeping it steady. Once it was one we could actually see the cells.
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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by sungam on Thursday November 09, 2017 @06:08PM (#15666526)
likely confocal microscopy
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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by epmaybe on Thursday November 09, 2017 @08:41PM (#15667300)
I just read today that in vivo confocal microscopy was used clinically in human patients. Do dermatologists do this, or is someone else operating the device? I've only used them in mice, very neat!
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Re:Low-cost, non-invasive melanoma detector wins award by sungam on Friday November 10, 2017 @06:01AM (#15669136)
Yes in Vivo confocal microscopy is done by Dermatologists

The machine is called vivascope

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