Using dynamic infrared imaging to detect melanoma: Experiments on a tissue-mimicking phantom

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 139-147

  Pirtini Cetingul M ^a   Herman, C ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT GENERATION; PHANTOMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMISTORS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); TISSUE;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; HEAT-GENERATING; MALIGNANT LESION; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; PROPERTY; SKIN TISSUE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 84881428437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2010-39860     Document Type: Conference Paper

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