Evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis in small animal model using Thermal imaging

2011 - International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Computing and Networking Technologies, ICSCCN-2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 785-791

  Snekhalatha, U ^a   Anburajan, M ^a   Venkatraman, B ^b   Menaka, M ^b   Raj, Baldev ^b  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive thresholding technique; Canny edge detector; Freund's complete adjuvant; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA); Robert edge detector; Skin temperature of RA limb; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING; CANNY EDGE DETECTORS; EDGE DETECTORS; FREUND'S COMPLETE ADJUVANT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE OF RA LIMB;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; DISEASES; HEALTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION EFFECTS; RATS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 80053633283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSCCN.2011.6024658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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