Development of noninvasive and quantitative methodologies for the assessment of chronic ulcers and scars in humans

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-132

  Timar Banu, Olimpia ^a   Beauregard, Hughes ^a   Tousignant, Jacqueline ^a   Lassonde, Michel ^a   Harris, Phillip ^a   Viau, Gilles ^a   Vachon, Luc ^a   Levy, Emile ^a   Abribat, Thierry ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KELOID; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN ULCER; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; ULCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE ULCER; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 0034999836     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.2001.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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