Effects of infrared camera angle and distance on measurement and reproducibility of thermographically determined temperatures of the distolateral aspects of the forelimbs in horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 388-395

  Westermann, Simone ^a,d   Buchner, Heinz H F ^a   Schramel, Johannes P ^b   Tichy, Alexander ^c   Stanek, Christian ^a  

^a From the Units of Large Animal Surgery and Orthopaedics   (Austria)

^b Internal Medicine   (Austria)

^c Equine Clinic   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 84872701303     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.242.3.388     Document Type: Article

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