Predicting neuropathic ulceration: Analysis of static temperature distributions in thermal images

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Kaabouch, Naima ^a   Hu, Wen Chen ^b   Chen, Yi ^a   Anderson, Julie W ^a   Ames, Forrest ^b   Paulson, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b University of North Dakota   (United States)

^c Altru Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetry analysis; automatic thresholding; foot ulcers; thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY ANALYSIS; AUTOMATIC THRESHOLDING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; EARLY DETECTION; FOOT ULCERS; INFRARED IMAGES; THERMAL IMAGES; THERMAL IMAGING;

DISEASES; INFRARED IMAGING;

DERMATOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOOT ULCER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFRARED RAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955970407     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3524233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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