Orthogonal polarization spectral imaging: A tool for assessing burn depths?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Goertz, Ole ^a   Ring, Andrej ^a   Köhlinger, Annette ^a   Daigeler, Adrien ^a   Andree, Christoph ^b   Steinau, Hans Ulrich ^a   Langer, Stefan ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b SANA KLINIKUM OFFENBACH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Estimation of burn depths; Microcirculation; OPS imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CAPILLARY; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649123033     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181a1473b     Document Type: Article

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