The potential of dynamic area telethermometry in assessing breast cancer emphasizing physiological information in the diagnosis and management of breast cancer

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 58-62

  Anbar, Michael ^a   Brown, Cheryl ^a,b   Milescu, Lorin ^a,b   Babalola, John ^a,b   Centner, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BREAST CANCER; BREAST HYPERTHERMIA; DYNAMIC AREA TELETHERMOMETRY; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TELEMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033625634     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.844381     Document Type: Article

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