From the early thermoscope to modern infrared imaging, using temperature as an indication of health or disease

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 19-24

  Ring, E F J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Air Force Medical Branch

^c Rheumatism Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^f William Herschel Museum   (United Kingdom)

^g Royal Photographic Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEVER; HYPEREMIA; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PAGET BONE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; THERMOMETER;

ARTHRITIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; OSTEITIS DEFORMANS; SKIN DISEASES; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS;

INFRARED IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HUMAN BODY TEMPERATURE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032105509     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.687959     Document Type: Review

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