Objective scar assessment - A new method using standardized digital imaging and spectral modelling

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-81

  Kaartinen, Ilkka S ^a   Välisuo, Petri O ^b   Alander, Jarmo T ^b   Kuokkanen, Hannu O ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colour analysis; Donor site; Scar assessment; Spectral modelling; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MELANIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AND OBSERVER SCAR ASSESSMENT SCALE; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; VANCOUVER SCAR SCALE; WOUND DRESSING;

BURNS; CICATRIX; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MELANINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PIGMENTATION; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650518927     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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