Thermal depth profiling of vascular lesions: Automated regularization of reconstruction algorithms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1463-1474

  Verkruysse, Wim ^a   Choi, Bernard ^a   Zhang, Jenny R ^a   Kim, Jeehyun ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN;

AUTOMATED REGULARIZATION METHODS; PULSED PHOTO-THERMAL RADIOMETRY; RECONSTRUCTION QUALITY; VASCULAR LESIONS;

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES;

MELANIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; SIMULATION; SKIN DEFECT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR LESION;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BLOOD VESSELS; PORT-WINE STAIN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42649120650     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/019     Document Type: Article

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