Framework for estimating tumour parameters using thermal imaging

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 725-731

  Umadevi, V ^a   Raghavan, S V ^a   Jaipurkar, Sandeep ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b Vijaya Health Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Non invasive; Non ionizing; Thermography; Tumour parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY BASED IMAGE CONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THERMOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 82155180110     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.91012     Document Type: Article

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