Insights from a thermography-based method suggesting higher carotid inflammation in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease

Toutouzas, K.; Benetos, Georgios; Drakopoulou, Maria; Bounas, Pavlos; Tsekoura, Dorothea; Stathogiannis, Konstantinos; Koutagiar, Iosif; Aggeli, Constantina; Καρανάσος, Αντώνιος; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B.; Σιώρης, Ηλίας; Stefanadis, Christodoulos

doi:10.1016/j.diabet.2014.05.005

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“…In these cases, the sequence of thermal images of the foot is recorded at different time intervals . Regardless of the adopted time interval (milliseconds or minutes), it is necessary to stabilize the foot position in the image in order to obtain reliable results.…”

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Some selected quantitative methods of thermal image analysis in Matlab

Koprowski

2015

Journal of Biophotonics

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The paper presents a new algorithm based on some selected automatic quantitative methods for analysing thermal images. It shows the practical implementation of these image analysis methods in Matlab. It enables to perform fully automated and reproducible measurements of selected parameters in thermal images. The paper also shows two examples of the use of the proposed image analysis methods for the area of the skin of a human foot and face. The full source code of the developed application is also provided as an attachment. The main window of the program during dynamic analysis of the foot thermal image.

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Some selected quantitative methods of thermal image analysis in Matlab

Koprowski

2015

Journal of Biophotonics

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“…In a study conducted by Saxena and Willital, the importance of thermography in determining skin and extremity infections was demonstrated (20) . In addition, there are different studies in which inflammation and the results of treatment in different diseases were monitored by thermal imaging (21)(22)(23) . In our study, it was shown that DITI results provide information about progression and recovery in IGM, where the inflammation process is quite active.…”

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Evaluation of Systemic Steroid Response via Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) in Patients with Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Şendur¹,

Hatipoğlu²,

Çelik³

2020

BMJ

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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the pre-treatment and post-treatment thermography images of patients who received steroid treatment with a diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis, and to determine whether the thermography device is an effective imaging method in the follow-up. Method: This retrospective study was conducted by the Breast Surgery Working Group of Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery. Fifteen patients who applied to the center between January 1, 2013 and May 31, 2015, and received steroid treatment due to granulomatous mastitis were included in the study. Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) results at the beginning and end of the treatment were compared. Results: The mean age of the patients was 34.6±8.0 years with a range of 22-50 years. Mean values of DITI before steroid treatment of the inflamed area was 34.3±0.7°C which was significantly higher than the post-treatment mean DITI (31.1±1.1°C). The mean pre-treatment, and post-treatment DITI values recorded in healthy breasts were 30.1±1.3°C and 29.6±1.1°C, respectively. The DITI values of patients with granulomatous mastitis were significantly higher than the results of the healthy group, both before and after treatment. In the pre-treatment DITI measurements, the thermographic image demonstrated a discerning septal image which was considered to show the region where inflammation was severe. The appearance of this 'serpentine' image, which was detected in 8 patients before the treatment, disappeared as a result of treatment. Conclusion: Systemic steroid treatment is an effective option in the treatment of patients with granulomatous mastitis, and our results have shown that DITI can be used in the follow-up of response to treatment.

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“…The middle segment was the region of common carotid bifurcation (bifurcation segment) and was used as a marker. 8 The segment of each carotid artery with the highest plaque thickness was designated as target segment for the following MWR measurements.…”

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“…3,[6][7][8] Both extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries were examined with a high resolution B-mode ultrasound unit (Philips iEE33 ultrasound machine, Philips, Bothell, Washington), using a 7.5-MHz transducer. Carotid plaques were defined according to previously used definitions.…”

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Incremental Predictive Value of Carotid Inflammation in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Toutouzas

Benetos

Drakopoulou

et al. 2015

Stroke

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Background and Purpose-Microwave Radiometry (MWR) allows in vivo noninvasive assessment of internal temperature of tissues. The aim of the present study was to evaluate in patients with ischemic stroke and bilateral carotid plaques (1) whether ipsilateral carotid arteries exhibit higher temperature differences (ΔT), as assessed by MWR; (2) the predictive accuracy of MWR in symptomatic carotid artery identification. Methods-Consecutive patients with recent acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke because of large artery atherosclerosis were included in the study. Carotid arteries of all patients were evaluated by carotid ultrasound and MWR. Results-In total, 50 patients were included in the study. Culprit carotid arteries had higher ΔT compared with nonculprit (0.93±0.58 versus 0.58±0.35°C; P<0.001).

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Insights from a thermography-based method suggesting higher carotid inflammation in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

Some selected quantitative methods of thermal image analysis in Matlab

Some selected quantitative methods of thermal image analysis in Matlab

Evaluation of Systemic Steroid Response via Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) in Patients with Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Incremental Predictive Value of Carotid Inflammation in Acute Ischemic Stroke

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