MAVIS: A non-invasive instrument to measure area and volume of wounds

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 332-338

  Plassmann, P ^a   Jones, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image processing; Wound measurement, Structured light

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERFORMANCE;

WOUND MEASUREMENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; COMPUTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTRUMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUMETRY; WOUND HEALING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MICROCOMPUTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0032123280     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(98)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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