Thermographic mapping of the skin surface of the head in bald-headed male subjects

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 510-516

  Hauvik, Linn Eva ^a   Mercer, James B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bald headed; Dynamic infrared thermography; Skin circulation; Thermal mapping

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHEEK; EXTERNAL EAR; EYE; FOREHEAD; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INFRARED THERMOGRAPHIC CAMERA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84862639032     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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