We conducted a prospective, observational clinical validation study to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the AI algorithm (ADAE) in predicting melanoma from dermoscopy skin lesion images. Patients who had consented for a skin biopsy to exclude melanoma were eligible. All lesions underwent biopsy.
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