Digital image analysis (DIA) of colour changes in human skin exposed to standardized thermal injury and comparison with laser Doppler measurements

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-42

  Mattsson, U ^a   Jonsson A ^a   Jontell, M ^a   Cassuto, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Central Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Clinical photography; Computer assisted image analysis; Laser Doppler

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

CLINICAL MACROPHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS; HUE SATURATION INTENSITY; THERMAL INJURY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL COMPUTER; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN COLOR; THERMAL INJURY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0343884189     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01727-0     Document Type: Article

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