Infrared thermal imaging as a physiological access pathway: A study of the baseline characteristics of facial skin temperatures

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Nhan, B R ^a,b   Chau, T ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Baseline; Infrared imaging; Skin temperature; Thermal

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

ACCESS; BASELINE; FACIAL SKIN TEMPERATURE; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; NONSTATIONARY; REGION-OF-INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL; TIMES SERIES;

TIME SERIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOREGULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 65249155506     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/30/4/N01     Document Type: Article

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