Comparative analysis of two methods for wound bed area measurement

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 366-377

  Van Poucke, Sven ^a   Nelissen, Roald ^b   Jorens, Philippe ^c   Vander Haeghen, Yves ^d  

^a Emergency Care ZOL ^*  (Belgium)

^b University College Limburg   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment; Calibration; Ontology; Statistical method; Wound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956952693     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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