Improving spatial resolution in skin-contact thermography: Comparison between a spline based and linear interpolation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 733-738

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact thermography; Skin thermography; Wearable devices

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; NONMETALS; SENSORS; SILICON; SKIN; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

LINEAR INTERPOLATION; SKIN CONTACT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR); TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) ARRAY;

REMOTE SENSING;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL IMAGING; INFRARED DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SENSOR; SKIN CONTACT THERMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPLINE BASED INTERPOLATION; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LINEAR MODELS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 47649127621     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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