Commercialization of vein contrast enhancement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4958, Issue , 2003, Pages 189-200

  Lovhoiden, Gunnar ^a   Deshmukh, Harshal ^a   Vrancken, Carlos ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Zeman, Herbert D ^a   Weinberg, Devin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement; Infrared; Phlebotomist; Venipuncture

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFRARED IMAGING; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; PHLEBOTOMIST; VEIN CONTRAST ENHANCER; VENIPUNCTURE;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0344851522     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.476117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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