A computer-based method for the assessment of body-image distortions in anorexia-nervosa patients.

A computer-based method for the assessment of body-image distortions in anorexia nervosa and other eating-disorder patients is presented in this paper. At the core of the method is a realistic pictorial simulation of lifelike weight changes, applied to a real source image of the patient. The patient...

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Pubblicato in:	IEEE Transactions on information technology in biomedicine 5, 4 (2001).
Autore principale:	Harari, D.
Natura:	Articolo
Lingua:	English
Soggetti:	Anorexia nervosa patients. Body image distortion assessment. Body shapes. Clinical validation phase. Cognitive distortion. Computer-based method. Eating-disorder patients. Graphical user interface. Lifelike weight changes. Realistic pictorial simulation. Self-perceived appearance. Virtual fattening. Virtual slimming.