Multispectral venous images analysis for optimum illumination selection

• Main Authors: Shahzad, Aamir, Nicolas, Walter, Malik, Aamir Saeed, Mohamad Saad, Mohamad Naufal, Meriaudeau, Fabrice
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Q Science (General); R Medicine (General); T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/10839/1/ICIP-13-multi_spectral.pdf; http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/86/05/35/PDF/ICIP-13-multi_spectral.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/10839/

Intravenous (IV) catheterization is the most important phase in medical practices of daily life. It is hard to localize veins in patients who have deep veins, minor age or dark skin; hence multiple attempts become indispensable for proper catheterization in such cases. Near Infrared (NIR) Imaging al...