Infrared radiometry of thermally insulated skin using infrared fiber

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 476-479

  Lev, Aner ^a   Khanokh, Boris ^a,b   Nitzan, Meir ^a,b  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SPIE ^*

Author keywords

Infrared fiber; Skin blood flow; Skin temperature, infrared radiometry; Thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004944673     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600918     Document Type: Article

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