Three-dimensional laser imaging system for measuring wound geometry

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 87-93

  Smith, R Brian ^a   Rogers, Bill ^a   Tolstykh, Gleb P ^a   Walsh, Nicolas E ^a   Davis Jr , Merritt G ^a   Bunegin, Leonid ^a   Williams, R Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Area; Perimeter; Volume; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOMETRY; LASER; LEG ULCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031720042     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1998)23:2<87::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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