Current Issues in Medical Thermography

Vardasca, Ricardo; Simões, Ricardo

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0726-9_12

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“…The digital medical thermal imaging (DMTI) is a medical imaging modality bringing the possibility of monitoring the surface temperature of the skin. It was used in first research experimental setups more than 50 years ago, and since then it gradually penetrated to the everyday practice in healthcare domain [1]. The DMTI can be now found in modern clinics on the peripheral vascular, neurological and musculoskeletal conditions assessing and monitoring, in such areas like: cardiology, chronic diseases, dermatology, dentistry, obstetrics, occupational medicine, oncology, physiotherapy, public health, surgery and veterinary medicine [1]- [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

Three-dimensional Thermal Imaging in Medicine

Chromý¹,

Žalud²

2017

Proceedings of 3DBODY.TECH 2017 - 8th International Conference and Exhibition On 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies,

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The digital medical thermal imaging is valuable qualitative tool for detection of inflamed or necrotic areas, but it lacks the ability of quantification. The new 3D scanning system RoScan composed from robotic manipulator, laser scanner, color camera and thermal imager is presented, extending medical thermal imaging with possibility of quantification, allowing specific ROI selection and bringing higher thermal resolution in resulting outputs. It helps to solve the current problem of medical quantification, which permeates through the many medical sectors. The advantages of RoScan are demonstrated on sample experiment, which shows the benefits of proposed device.

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confidence: 99%

Three-dimensional Thermal Imaging in Medicine

Chromý¹,

Žalud²

2017

Proceedings of 3DBODY.TECH 2017 - 8th International Conference and Exhibition On 3D Body Scanning and Processing Technologies,

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“…A Canadian physician called Ray Lawson has introduced this medical imaging modality into clinical practic in 1956, when he tried to characterize the surface temperature of breast carcinomas It has been applied clinically with success in inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, soft tissue rheumatism, enthesopathies, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, peripheral circulation, fever screening, burns, renal dialysis and malignant diseases [1][2].…”

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A proposal of a standard rainbow false color scale for thermal medical images

Vardasca¹,

Gabriel²

2014

Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography

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Medical thermal imaging offers the opportunity of human body physiology monitoring. The frequent use of false color scales in those images has the objective of being a visual aid for human eye interpretation. However, several scales are being used, which may lead to different subjective interpretations. Is objective of this study to raise the need of uniformity in adoption of an internationally accepted standard false color scale and for that purpose a scale is proposed.

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“…Ray Lawson [1], a Canadian Physician, to study surface temperature of breast tumors, has introduced this medical imaging modality in 1956. It has been applied clinically in inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, soft tissue rheumatism, enthesopathies, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, peripheral circulation, fever screening, burns, renal dialysis and malignant diseases [1,2]. The equipment's suffered important developments since have been introduced in the medical field, the cameras evolved in a reduction of size, becoming more portable and reliable.…”

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Towards a Medical Imaging Standard Capture and Analysis Software

Vardasca¹,

Plassmann²,

Gabriel³

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Quantitative InfraRed Thermography

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Medical thermal imaging offers real time physiology monitoring, providing important information about the microcirculatory and autonomous nervous systems. The recording equipment has evolved over times, presenting actually very good definition, sensitive and image quality. Image capture procedures have been developed, published and tested. The use of computers and software facilitates the understanding of the images, although the current scenario in medical application is that there is no specific camera or software package designed and developed specifically for clinical use. This work outlines the features that a capture and analysis system needs to have to support the medical imaging modality.

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Current Issues in Medical Thermography

Cited by 29 publications

References 43 publications

Three-dimensional Thermal Imaging in Medicine

Three-dimensional Thermal Imaging in Medicine

A proposal of a standard rainbow false color scale for thermal medical images

Towards a Medical Imaging Standard Capture and Analysis Software

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