A novel approach to age determination of traumatic injuries by reflectance spectroscopy

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 277-289

  Randeberg, Lise Lyngsnes ^a   Haugen, Olav A ^a,b   Haaverstad, Rune ^b   Svaasand, Lars O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Diffusion theory; Optical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; PLEVIX; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BRUISING; SKIN COLOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTUSIONS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645990607     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20301     Document Type: Article

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