Burns
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 415-420 , June 2005

Prediction of burn healing time using artificial neural networks and reflectance spectrometer

  • Eng-Kean Yeong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chien Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Huihua Kenny Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Chii-Wann Lin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 1, Jen-Ai Road, 100 Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x1446; fax: +886 2 23940049.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00351-1

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.12.003

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 415-420 , June 2005

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