Validation of a protocol for the assessment of skin temperature and blood flow in childhood localised scleroderma

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-356

  Howell, Kevin J ^a   Lavorato, Antonia ^a   Visentin, María Teresa ^b   Smith, Roy E ^a   Schaefer, Gerald ^c   Jones, Carl D ^d   Weibel, Lisa ^e   Denton, Christopher P ^a   Harper, John I ^e   Woo, Patricia ^e  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Vicenza Hospital   (Italy)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^e GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image registration; Infrared thermography; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Localised scleroderma; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; CONTROL SUBJECT; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS; IN-LINE; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LOCALISED SCLERODERMA; PAEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

BLOOD; CLASSIFIERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE REGISTRATION; LADDER NETWORKS; LASERS; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TRACE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SKIN;

ABDOMEN; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; CHEEK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LEG; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, DIFFUSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650690588     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2009.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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