Infrared thermal imaging in medicine

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ring, E F J ^a   Ammer, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

fever; inflammation; infrared; skin temperature

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECORDING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

DISEASE COMPLEX; FEVER; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFRARED IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING; METHOD OF IMAGES; SKIN SURFACES; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL-IMAGING;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 84857855100     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/3/R33     Document Type: Review

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