Infrared imaging to measure temperature changes of the extremities caused by cigarette smoke and nicotine gums

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 794-799

  Blank, Michael ^a   Kargel, Christian ^a  

^a CARINTHIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomedical infrared imaging; Image processing and segmentation; Nicotine gums; Smoking; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATLAB; MEDICAL IMAGING; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BIOMEDICAL INFRARED IMAGING; NICOTINE GUMS; SMOKING; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 34648851455     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2006.236242     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Ch. Kargel, M. Blank, F. Moser, "Infrared Imaging to Measure Cigarette Smoking Induced Vasoconstriction Effects," InfraMation Proceedings, Vol. 6, pp. 41-56, 2005.
2. N. Schuster, Valentin G. Kolobrodov, Infrarot-Thermographie, Berlin: Wiley-VCH, 2000.
3. Ch. Kargel, "Thermal Imaging to Measure Local Temperature Rises caused by Hand-held Mobile Phones," IMTC/2004 proceedings, pp.1557-1562, 2004.
4. R.C. Gonzalez; R.E. Woods, "Digital Image Processing", Prentice Hall, 2003.
5. Committee on Quality Control and Quantifications of the American Academy of Thermology: "Technical Guidelines", Thermology, Vol. 2, pp. 108-112, 1986
6. M.J.D. Goodfield, A. Hume, N.R. Rowell, "The acute effects of cigarette smoking on cutaneous blood flow in smoking and nonsmoking subjects with and without Raynaud's phenomenon," British Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 29, pp. 89-91, 1990.
7. E. Kellerova, W. Delius, "Unterschiede der vasomotorischen Reaktivität im Muskel- und akralen Hautgefässgebiete der oberen und unteren Extremitäten," Z Kreislaufforsch, Vol. 58, pp. 917-925. 1969.
8. E. Elam, B.G. Wallin, "Skin blood flow responses to mental stress in man depend on body temperature," Acta Physiol Scand, Vol. 129, pp. 429-431, 1987.