Objective measurements of radiotherapy-induced erythema

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-250

  Nyström, Josefina ^a   Geladi, Paul ^b   Lindholm Sethson, Britta ^a   Rattfelt, Jenny ^a   Svensk, Ann Christin ^c   Franzen, Lars ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Digital photography; Image analysis; Laser Doppler; Near infrared spectroscopy; PCA; Radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REACTION KINETICS;

ACUTE RADIATION ERYTHEMA; CLASSIFICATION METHODS; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHOTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 7244236519     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.2004.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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