Infrared imaging of trauma patients for detection of acute compartment syndrome of the leg

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1756-1761

  Katz, Laurence M ^a   Nauriyal, Varidhi ^a   Nagaraj, Shruti ^a   Finch, Alex ^a   Pearlstein, Kevin ^a   Szymanowski, Adam ^a   Sproule, Charles ^a   Rich, Preston B ^b   Guenther, B D ^c   Pearlstein, Robert D ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Free Electron Laser Laboratory

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Crush injury; Infrared imaging; Ischemia; Thermography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRUSH SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOFTWARE; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 45149119087     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318174d800     Document Type: Article

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