Assessment of chronic wounds by three-dimensional optical imaging based on integrating geometrical, chromatic, and thermal data

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-193

  Barone, S ^a   Paoli, A ^a   Razionale, A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D model reconstruction; 3D thermography; image processing; wound assessment

Indexed keywords

3D MODEL RECONSTRUCTION; 3D THERMOGRAPHY; A-THERMAL; AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENTS; CHRONIC WOUNDS; CLINICAL TESTS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; GEOMETRICAL DATA; HUMAN LEGS; MEDICAL EXPERTS; NON-INVASIVE; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SCANNERS; SKIN LESION; STRUCTURED LIGHT; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; THERMAL DATA; THERMAL IMAGING; THERMAL PARAMETERS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); TISSUE DAMAGE; WOUND ASSESSMENT; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATION; LASER RECORDING; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RATING; SCANNING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFRARED IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; THERMOGRAPHY; ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

ALGORITHMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79551562918     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM705     Document Type: Article

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