Thermography is a developing and noninvasive medical imaging technique that can be used for diagnosis of body disorders based on temperature deviation from normal body temperature. This research investigates the feasibility of thermography method in conjunction with artificial neural networks (ANNs) for detection of thyroid tumors. For this purpose, first, a 3-D model of the healthy human neck is constructed based on patient-specific computed tomography (CT) images. This model is used for analyzing bio-heat transfer in the human neck. The healthy thyroid gland is considered as a heat source
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