Visualization of equipment dependent measurement errors, but not of meridian-like channels in complementary medicine - A thermographic human cadaver study

Thermology International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-35

  Litscher, Gerhard ^a   Ammer, Kurt ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Dead subjects; Infrared camera; Meridians; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOXIBUSTION; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846939834     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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