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100			_a Mary Diakides _925073
245			_aMedical Infrared Imaging _bPrinciples and Practices
250			_aillustrated
260			_aLondon _bCRC Press _c2012
300			_a 638 pages
520			_aThe evolution of technological advances in infrared sensor technology, image processing, "smart" algorithms, knowledge-based databases, and their overall system integration has resulted in new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. The development of infrared cameras with focal plane arrays no longer requiring cooling, added a new dimension to this modality. Medical Infrared Imaging: Principles and Practices covers new ideas, concepts, and technologies along with historical background and clinical applications. The book begins by exploring worldwide advances in the medical applications of thermal imaging systems. It covers technology and hardware including detectors, detector materials, un-cooled focal plane arrays, high performance systems, camera characterization, electronics for on-chip image processing, optics, and cost-reduction designs. It then discusses the physiological basis of the thermal signature and its interpretation in a medical setting. The book also covers novel and emerging techniques, the complexities and importance of protocols for effective and reproducible results, storage and retrieval of thermal images, and ethical obligations. Of interest to both the medical and biomedical engineering communities, the book explores many opportunities for developing and conducting multidisciplinary research in many areas of medical infrared imaging. These range from clinical quantification to intelligent image processing for enhancement of the interpretation of images, and for further development of user-friendly high-resolution thermal cameras. These would enable the wide use of infrared imaging as a viable, noninvasive, low-cost, first-line detection modality.
654			_xScience › Physics › General Medical / Allied Health Services / Radiological & Ultrasound Technology Medical / Biotechnology Science / Life Sciences / Biophysics Science / Physics / General Technology & Engineering / Biomedical
700			_aJoseph D. Bronzino _916919
700			_aDonald R. Peterson _916918
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