In vivo assessment of pigmented skin lesions by Raman spectroscopy
- Conditions
- Melanomamole.skin cancer of pigment-containing cells. Nevus10040900
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43252
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Adult, mentally competent persons with pigmented skin lesions
Exclusion Criteria
A potential subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
- the lesion(s) are on body locations inaccessible to the Raman measurement
- patient is physically capable of undergoing the Raman measurement (which requires the patient to not move during the measurement)
- patient is mentally not capable of participation, e.g. because of anxiety
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Clinical and when available the pathological diagnosis of the pigmented skin<br /><br>lesion (melanoma or benign skin lesion) will be correlated with the measured<br /><br>Raman spectra of the lesions. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Age of the patient, location and aspect of the lesion, clinical differential<br /><br>diagnosis. </p><br>