Measurement of limb volume: Laser scanning versus volume displacement

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-388

  McKinnon, John Gregory ^a,c   Wong, Vanessa ^a   Temple, Walley J ^a   Galbraith, Callum ^b   Ferry, Paul ^b   Clynch, George S ^b   Clynch, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Clynch Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^c TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser scanning; Limb volume; Lymphedema

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LIMB; LYMPHEDEMA; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VOLUMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LASERS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MANIKINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34948827422     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20790     Document Type: Article

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