Iterative design and testing of a hand-held, non-contact wound measurement device

Journal of Tissue Viability

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-26

  Sprigle, Stephen ^a   Nemeth, Michelle ^b   Gajjala, Anita ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Machine vision; Pressure ulcer; Reproducibility of results; Wound measurement

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICES; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE ULCER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84856370514     PISSN: 0965206X     EISSN: 18764746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtv.2011.09.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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