Qualitative visual image analysis of bruise age determination: A survey

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 4840-4843

  Dimitrova, T ^b   Georgieva, L ^b   Pattichis, C ^a,c   Neofytou, M ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUSE   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Bruise aging; Bruise imaging; Color; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BRUISE AGING; BRUISE COLOR IMAGING; VISUAL ASSESSMENT;

COLOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTUSION; EQUIPMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; TIME;

COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTUSIONS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 34047119666     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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