Design and construction of a closed loop phantom for skin-contact thermography

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Maccioni, Giovanni ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bench test; Thermography; Wearable device

Indexed keywords

SENSORS; SKIN; THERMOMETERS;

BLACK CONDUCTIVE GUM; INFRARED (IR) SYSTEM; INTEGRATED SILICON SENSORS; WEARABLE DEVICE;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ARTICLE; ERROR; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 38149119524     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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