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Figure 8: Digital photographic image and thermographic images of a chronic venous stasis ulcer of the lower leg

Top left panel: photograph of leg ulcer in lateral ankle region of left leg (same ulcer as shown in Figure 7).

Top right panel: infrared (IR) thermogram of the ulcer. The black line indicates the position of the temperature profile shown in the lower left panel.

Lower right panel: thermogram as a false three-dimensional image.