Thermal symmetry of the upper and lower extremities in healthy subjects

Thermology International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Vardasca, Ricardo ^a   Ring, Francis ^a   Plassmann, Peter ^a   Jones, Carl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extremities; IR imaging; Thermal imaging; Thermal symmetry; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CAMERA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860851439     PISSN: 1560604X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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