The Glamorgan protocol for recording and evaluation of thermal images of the human body

Thermology International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 125-144

  Ammer, Kurt ^a,b,c  

^a Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Austria)

Author keywords

Field of views; Regions of interest; Standard procedures; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARM; BACK; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FINGER; FOOT; GLAMORGAN PROTOCOL; HAND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 56049115124     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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