Infrared functional imaging applied to Raynaud's phenomenon

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 73-79

  Merla, Arcangelo ^a,b   Di Donato, Luigi ^a   Di Luzio, Silvano ^a,b   Farina, Giuseppina ^c   Pisarri, Simonetta ^c   Proietti, Michele ^c   Salsano, Felice ^c   Romani, Gian Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036880256     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2002.1175141     Document Type: Review

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