EEMCO guidance for the assessment of skin colour

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Pierard G E ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chromophore; Colorimetry; Colour; Image analysis; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0031910395     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(97)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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