Infrared thermography for detailed registration of thermoregulation in premature infants

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 613-620

  Heimann, Konrad ^a   Jergus, Katrin ^a   Abbas, Abbas Khudair ^b   Heussen, Nicole ^b   Leonhardt, Steffen ^b   Orlikowsky, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incubator; Non contact; Skin to skin care; Temperature sensors. a Both authors contributed equally to this work

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; KANGAROO CARE; LEG; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFRARED RAYS; KANGAROO-MOTHER CARE METHOD; MALE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84888592319     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2012-0239     Document Type: Article

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