Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1411-1420 , September 2009

Preoperative Measurement of Thickness of Cutaneous Melanoma Using High-Resolution 20 MHz Ultrasound Imaging: A Monocenter Prospective Study and Systematic Review of the Literature

  • Laurent Machet

      Affiliations

    • Université Francois Rabelais de Tours, UMR INSERM U930 CNRS ERL 3106, France
    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
    • Réseau Mélanome Grand Ouest, CIC - BIOTHERAPIE INSERM 503, CHRU, Nantes, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Laurent Machet, Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, 37044 Tours Cedex 09, France.
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  • Véronique Belot

      Affiliations

    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Michael Naouri

      Affiliations

    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Michel Boka

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHRU de Tours, France
    • ,
  • Youssef Mourtada

      Affiliations

    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
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  • Bruno Giraudeau

      Affiliations

    • INSERM CIC 202, France; Université François Rabelais Tours, France; CHRU, Tours, France
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  • Boris Laure

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-faciale, CHRU, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Adeline Perrinaud

      Affiliations

    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
    • Réseau Mélanome Grand Ouest, CIC - BIOTHERAPIE INSERM 503, CHRU, Nantes, France
    • ,
  • Marie-Christine Machet

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, CHRU de Tours, France
    • ,
  • Loïc Vaillant

      Affiliations

    • Université Francois Rabelais de Tours, UMR INSERM U930 CNRS ERL 3106, France
    • Service de Dermatologie, CHRU, Tours, France
    • Réseau Mélanome Grand Ouest, CIC - BIOTHERAPIE INSERM 503, CHRU, Nantes, France

Received 10 January 2008 ,Revised 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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PII: S0301-5629(09)00140-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.03.018

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1411-1420 , September 2009

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