Man or machine? The clinimetric properties of laser doppler imaging in burn depth assessment

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Sharma, Vikram P ^a   O'Boyle, Ciaran P ^b   Jeffery, Steven L A ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PUNCH BIOPSY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDITY; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; HUMANS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79151474976     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182033346     Document Type: Article

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