Introduction

The change of nevi is one of the most important factors for the early detection of melanoma in high risk patients. It is often difficult to identify changed or new moles in follow-up examinations of these patients. Changes in moles on the back are difficult to be discovered by the patients themselves.

MoleExpert macro is one of the world's most advanced mole mapping and screening systems for the detection of changes in nevi.

Two similar follow-up images of a relevant body site for one patient are compared. MoleExpert macro automatically detects nevi in the first and in the follow-up image and computes the mole mapping. Additionally the software extracts features relevant to the size, shape, and brightness of each lesion and compares these features for all mapped nevi. Extracted moles are shown in full resolution providing a detailed image of the nevus.

The software works best with newer digital cameras and an image resolution of 4 megapixels or higher. It also works with a lower image resolution.

MoleExpert micro software is a product of DatInf GmbH, Tuebingen, Germany in cooperation with dermacenter küssnacht, Switzerland.

The use of an image database is strongly recommended. MoleExpert is compatible with DatInf^® ImageDB med.