A novel method to prevent secondary exposure of medical and rescue personnel to toxic materials under biochemical hazard conditions using microwave radar and infrared thermography

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2184-2188

  Matsui, Takemi ^a   Hagisawa, Kousuke ^a   Ishizuka, Toshiaki ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^a   Ishihara, Masayuki ^a   Kikuchi, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infectious organisms; Infrared thermography; Linear discriminant analysis; Microwave radar; Noncontact determination; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RADAR; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BIOCHEMICAL HAZARDS; LINEAR DISCRIMINATION ANALYSIS; MIOCROWAVE RADARS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADAR; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RABBIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INFRARED RAYS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICROWAVES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RABBITS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 9644272442     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.834250     Document Type: Article

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