Publications by authors named "E L Hiscutt"
Article Synopsis
- Skin cancer diagnosis relies heavily on image quality, particularly the impact of HDR-enhanced images, on clinicians' and AI models' accuracy.
- A study with 18 dermatology clinicians assessed 303 skin lesion images classified into low, high, and enhanced quality, finding the best diagnostic performance with high-quality images.
- While clinicians outperformed a CNN model in diagnosing low and enhanced quality images, the CNN excelled in multiclass classification with high-quality images, showing the varying effectiveness of image quality in diagnostics.
Background: Clinical quality registries aim to identify significant variations in care and provide anonymised feedback to institutions to improve patient outcomes. Thirty-six Australian organisations with an interest in melanoma, raised funds through three consecutive Melanoma Marches, organised by Melanoma Institute Australia, to create a national Melanoma Clinical Outcomes Registry (MelCOR). This study aimed to formally develop valid clinical quality indicators for the diagnosis and early management of cutaneous melanoma as an important step in creating the registry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/objectives: To describe the characteristics, subsequent management and outcomes of patients referred for further management following Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).
Methods: Retrospective analysis of patients referred to a quaternary cancer centre from 2000 to 2015.
Results: In total, 83 lesions in 82 patients were referred for further management; 52 (62%) were SCC and 80 (96%) were located in the head and neck.
Background: The 1450 nm laser shrinks sebaceous glands histologically, reduces seborrhoea and has been shown in numerous small uncontrolled studies to improve inflammatory acne.
Objectives: To assess objectively the clinical efficacy and long-term outcome of the 1450 nm laser for inflammatory acne vulgaris.
Methods: Participants over 16 years of age with moderate to severe acne vulgaris were recruited from a secondary care dermatology department.