@article{b53e7e16d6454a0e9f7fbaca3828803e,
title = "Standardising and assessing digital images for use in clinical trials: A practical, reproducible method that blinds the assessor to treatment allocation",
abstract = "With the increasing availability of high quality digital cameras that are easily operated by the non-professional photographer, the utility of using digital images to assess endpoints in clinical research of skin lesions has growing acceptance. However, rigorous protocols and description of experiences for digital image collection and assessment are not readily available, particularly for research conducted in remote settings. We describe the development and evaluation of a protocol for digital image collection by the non-professional photographer in a remote setting research trial, together with a novel methodology for assessment of clinical outcomes by an expert panel blinded to treatment allocation. ",
keywords = "Article, Australia, camera, digital imaging, human, image quality, impetigo, Indigenous Australian, interrater reliability, medical photography, methodology, quality control, randomized controlled trial (topic), reproducibility, rural population, scoring system, standardization, teledermatology, computer assisted diagnosis, evaluation study, image processing, pathology, skin disease, standards, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Impetigo, Skin Diseases",
author = "Asha Bowen and Kara Burns and Steven Tong and Ross Andrews and Robyn Liddle and Irene O'Meara and Westphal, {Darren William} and Jonathan Carapetis",
note = "NHMRC Grant No.: 545234, 605845",
year = "2014",
month = nov,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1371/journal.pone.0110395",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "1--10",
journal = "PLoS One",
issn = "1932-6203",
publisher = "Public Library of Science (PLoS)",
number = "11",
}