The sensitivity of infrared imaging for diagnosing Raynaud's phenomenon or Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is dependent on the method of temperature extraction from thermal images

Thermology International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 81-88

  Ammer, Kurt ^a,b,c  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diagnostic sensitivity; Infrared imaging; Method of evluation; Raynaud's phenomenon; Thoracic outlet syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 48749105666     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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