Using lock-in infrared thermography for the visualization of the hand vascular tree

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6939, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bouzida, Nabila ^a   Bendada, Abdel Hakim ^a   Piau, Jean Marc ^a   Akhloufi, Moulay ^a   Maldague, Xavier ^a   Raymond, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hand vein signature; Infrared vision; Lock in thermography; Medical imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT); HAND VEIN SIGNATURE; INFRARED VISION; LOCK-IN THERMOGRAPHY;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 43249125266     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.778680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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