A non-contact technique for measuring eccrine sweat gland activity using passive thermal imaging

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-34

  Krzywicki, Alan T ^a   Berntson, Gary G ^b   O'Kane, Barbara L ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccrine sweat glands; Electrodermal activity; Pore activation index; Pore count; Skin conductance; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EXHALATION; FACE; FEMALE; FINGER PHALANX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFRARED RADIATION; INHALATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MID WAVE INFRARED IMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PORE ACTIVATION INDEX; PORE COUNT; PROCEDURES; RATING SCALE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SWEAT GLAND; WAVELET ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; EXERCISE; FINGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; SWEATING;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; ECCRINE GLANDS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FINGERS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWEATING;

EID: 84905221938     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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