Remote-Sensing Infrared Thermography: Reviewing the Applications of Indoor Infrared Fever-Screening Systems

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Ng, Eddie Y K ^a   Acharya, Rajendra U ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEVER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 64749106522     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2008.931018     Document Type: Article

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