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Quantitative Visualization and Detection of Skin Cancer Using Dynamic Thermal Imaging
Published on: May 5, 2011
Radiometric infrared temperature detection in skin expansion
Riccardo Gazzola1, Maurizio Cavallini, Pier C Parodi
1Dipartimento di Scienze Medico Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy (Gazzola) Servizio di Chirurgia Plastica, Centro Diagnostico Italiano, Milan, Italy (Cavallini) Plastic Surgery Department, Azienda Ospedaliera "Santa Maria della Misericordia", Università di Udine, Gemona del Friuli, Italy (Parodi) Dipartimento di Scienze Medico Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy (Benanti, Vaienti).
No abstract available in PubMed .
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