Hippocratic thermography

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Otsuka, Kimio ^a   Togawa, Tatsuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hippocrates; History of medical instrumentation; Thermography

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

'DRY' [; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRY AREAS; HIPPOCRATES; HISTORY OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030759902     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/18/3/007     Document Type: Article

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