A review of the effectiveness of thermal infrared imaging in the diagnosis and monitoring of knee diseases

Infrared Physics and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-25

  Calin, Mihaela Antonina ^a   Mologhianu, Gilda ^b   Savastru, Roxana ^a   Calin, Marian Romeo ^c   Brailescu, Consuela Monica ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^b National Institute of Rehabilitation   (Romania)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Knee arthroplasty; Ligaments; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tendons

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; DISEASES; INFRARED IMAGING; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGAMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONITORING; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOLOGY; TENDONS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

COMPLEMENTARY METHODS; INCLUSION AND EXCLUSIONS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84921956489     PISSN: 13504495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infrared.2015.01.013     Document Type: Review

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