MoleMax II ^TM

Even an experienced dermatologist finds it difficult to distinguish between a benign and a malignant mole in the early stages. A more detailed and precise diagnosis requires skin surface microscopy.  The first examination is made with the traditional hand-held microscope. A more advanced system is available with the epiluminescence microscope (ELM). Using this technology, dermatologists are not only able to look at the skin surface, but can also view and image the sub-surface layers of the skin.

The method of epiluminescence microscopy opens up a new view of morphological features, colors and patterns not seen in an examination with traditional skin surface microscopy. The University of Vienna Medical School in Austria has pioneered the introduction of this advanced method.

Today it is the most important tool for the very early detection of malignant melanomas and, thus, for the differentiation between benign and malignant tumors of the skin.

• earlier detection of malignant melanoma
• easier differentiation between benign and malignant tumors

MoleMax II^TM makes other methods obsolete
The commonly used method of epiluminescence microscopy has various drawbacks. 

• The patients cannot watch the examination. Recording and storing images and pictures is difficult.

• The dermatologist has to use immersion oil with traditional binocular epiluminescence microscopes, and he/ she must establish archives to document cases.

Together with the highly sophisticated cameras, the MoleMax II™ software is the heart of the MoleMax II technology. It follows the actual examination process and allows the sequential recording of macro overviews, close-ups and the corresponding DELM images.

The following selected features give you an idea how the MoleMax II™ makes the examination easier:

• Live Video function as a substitution of the hand-held microscope with the advantage that patient can see her/his lesions on-screen
• Transparent Overlay feature in the follow-up examination makes standardized, objective and, therefore, comparable before and after images possible
• Total Body Photography for the examination of high-risk melanoma patients and patients with dematoses on larger areas on their bdies
• Allows recorded images of a patient to be copied onto a floppy disk for the patient’s self-examination at a later time
• The various printout options can be used as feedback information when sent to the transferring general practitioner or as a word-of-mouth advertising tool when given out to the patients
• History feature with the representation of all images of a specific lesion or a body part in chronological sequence

Additional Information on MoleMax:

• How to Save Your Skin

• Protect Yourself from the Sun and Monitor Suspicious Moles

• A Tan to Die For: Is the Risk from Melanoma Really Worth It?