Assessing wound severity with color and infrared imaging of reactive hyperemia

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-392

  Hansen, Gary L ^a   Sparrow, Ephraim M ^a,b   Kommamuri, Narasimharao ^a   Iaizzo, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

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EID: 4043114512     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1996.40317.x     Document Type: Article

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