Quantitative evaluation of efficacy of photodynamic therapy for port-wine stains using erythema index image analysis

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-102

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Tao, Jining ^b   Tu, Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Shanghai Fudan Zhangjiang Bio pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Erythema index; ImageJ; Photodynamic therapy; Port wine stains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN COLOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

COLORIMETRY; DERMOSCOPY; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PORT-WINE STAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879276303     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: 18731597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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