Implementation of a burn scar assessment system by ultrasound techniques

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2328-2331

  Du, Yi Chun ^a   Lin, Chih Ming ^a   Chen, Yung Fu ^b   Chen, Chung Lin ^a   Chen, Tainsong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECOGNITION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

MULTIFUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT; TISSUE INJURY;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BURN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BURNS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34047136781     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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