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Non-invasive and microinvasive electrical impedance spectra of skin cancer - a comparison between two techniques
Peter Aberg1, Paul Geladi, Ingrid Nicander
1Division of Medical Engineering, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. peter.aberg@labmed.ki.se
Background/Purpose:
Bio-electrical impedance spectra of skin cancer and other lesions can be assessed using both regular non-invasive probes and a novel type of microinvasive electrode system with a surface furnished with tiny spikes that penetrate stratum corneum. The aim of the study was to compare the accuracy of detection for various types of skin cancer using impedance spectra measured with these two different electrode systems in an objective way without optimising the power of discrimination.
Methods:
Impedance spectra of 99 benign nevi, 28 basal cell carcinomas (BCC), and 13 malignant melanomas (MM) were measured using the two electrode systems. Classification of the lesions was made using Fisher's linear discriminant, and the sensitivities and specificities of the techniques were estimated using cross-validation.
Results:
The best separation between nevi and BCC was achieved using the regular non-invasive probe (96% sensitivity and 86% specificity), whereas the best separation between nevi and MM was achieved using the microinvasive electrodes (92% sensitivity and 80% specificity).
Conclusions:
Our results indicate that the choice of electrode system is application dependent.
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