The relationship between thermal imaging and waist circumference in young adults

Abstract

<p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">Technologies such as 3-dimensional body scanners and thermal cameras are currently being investigated to eliminate the traditional means of assessing anthropometrics in the overweight and obese population. The purpose of this study was to determine the potential for thermal imaging to assess the relationship between thermal patterning and anthropometrics in young adults. Participants were 18 - 24 year old men (n = 176) and women (n = 260) with different Body Mass Indices (BMI), somatotypes, and activity levels. Participants were weighed, body scanned and thermally imaged. Statistical treatment included descriptive statistics and ANOVA. Statistically significant differences between mean thermal ratings were found between the normal and abnormal groups as categorized by waist circumference for both males (p < 0.003) and females (p < 0.001). The mean ratings of the contour<span> regions between normal and overweight/ </span>obese groups were also found to be statistically different for both males (p < 0.01) and females (p < 0.004). </span> </p&gt

Investigation of the use of thermography for research and clinical applications in pregnant women

“…Similar to the study of Heuberger et al (2012) [24], in our study in all subjects and in all measurements the inferior part of the rectus abdominis muscle recorded the coldest zone. In the RI the umbilicus appeared as the most prominent hot spot: so much so that it be used as a reference point (Fig.…”

“…This could be a limitation to extension of the results to whole populations of women, as it is known that in people with normal BMI, less thermal contours are recorded in the torso region, compared with overweight and obese individuals, suggesting a narrower temperature in the study area [24]. The small sample size is also a limitation, but the consistency of the findings between the participants suggests that this is unlikely to have significantly biased the results.…”

“…On the assumption that in pregnant and/or laboring women the study area is larger, and more similar as to the area and curvature, as those presented be overweight individuals [23,24], recording at a slightly larger distance than 2 meters, only in case of image processing and not regarding data export, is recommended.…”

“…2.2 Technique and measurement procedure: After acclimatization, all measurements were conducted in the same laboratory environment at a constant temperature of 24,5 ο -25,5 ο C [19,20]. Only the research team and the participant were in the room there the measurements took place, ensuring a consistent number of people in the room, to avoid the influence of human body at room temperature.…”

A Pilot Study of Infrared Thermography Based Assessment of Local Skin Temperature Response in Overweight and Lean Women during Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

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