Wound healing assessment using 20 MHz ultrasound and photography

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 116-121

  Dyson, M ^a   Moodley, S ^b   Verjee, L ^b   Verling, W ^b   Weinman, J ^b   Wilson, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Longport International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High resolution ultrasound imaging; Wound healing assessment; Wound photography

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SURGERY; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOLUNTEER; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0038627969     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0846.2003.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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