Application of infrared thermography in computer aided diagnosis

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 160-175

  Faust, Oliver ^a   Rajendra Acharya, U ^b   Ng, E Y K ^c   Hong, Tan Jen ^b   Yu, Wenwei ^d  

^a HABIB UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classifier; Computer aided diagnosis; Feature evaluation; Feature extraction; Performance evaluation; Thermography

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; HEAT RADIATION; MACHINERY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

FEATURE EVALUATION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERVASIVE APPLICATIONS; SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES;

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 84904014206     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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