Critical study of hair growth analysis with computer-assisted methods

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-583

  Van Neste, D ^a   Trueb R M ^b  

^a Belgian Skin Study Center   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Hair loss; Phototrichogram; Trichoscan

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HAIR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCALP;

EID: 33646051823     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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