Assessment of erythema and skin perfusion by digital image analysis and scanner laser Doppler

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-59

  Mattsson, Ulf ^a,c   Krogstad, Anne Lene ^b   Pegenius, Göran ^b   Elam, Mikael ^b   Jontell, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer assisted image analysis; Erythema; Image processing; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHROMATOPHORE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030989464     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1997.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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