Tissue spectrophotometry and thermographic imaging applied to routine clinical prediction of amputation level viability

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4623, Issue , 2002, Pages 187-194

  Hanson, Jon M ^a   Harrison, David K ^a   Hawthorn, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; PATIENT MONITORING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

OXYGEN SATURATION LEVELS;

TISSUE;

EID: 0036401707     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469447     Document Type: Conference Paper

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