Thermographic imaging as alternative method in allergy diagnosis

Rok, Tomasz; Rokita, E.; Tatoń, Grzegorz; Guzik, Tomasz J.; Śliwa, Tomasz

doi:10.1007/s10973-016-5676-3

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“…were controlled following the guidelines for thermographic measurements in medical applications given by the European Association of Thermology [49]. Thermography is well known and scientifically approved method of temperature distribution measurements in medicine and physiotherapy [50] and thus often used for screen tests [51,52], early diagnosis [53,54], or treatment personalization [19,55] etc.…”

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The influence of smartphones’ operation modes on the superficial temperature distribution in the human auricle region

Bauer

Górecki

Kohyt

et al. 2018

J Therm Anal Calorim

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In this study, the infrared thermography was used to examine heating effects in human auricle region due to short-duration use of smartphones in normal and flight mode operation by 20 healthy volunteers (age 19-24 years, 9 females and 11 males). Statistically significant differences in both modes were observed between mean temperatures of the auricle regions before and immediately after the use of the smartphone. The increase in tissue temperature resulted from a combined effect of conductive heat transfer caused by the non-microwave-related activity of the smartphone and the absorption of the radiofrequency microwaves. Furthermore, we observed the thermal effect even after 1 h of such short use of the smartphone. The transient temperature change in tissues due to smartphone use can contribute to the cumulative thermal effects and thus both short-and long-duration use of smartphones should be considered in future studies. The small study also showed a gender dimension in the thermal response, which also merits further investigation. The study confirmed the usefulness of using thermography for direct quantitative analyses of temperature changes related to smartphone usage, which can be exploited in future epidemiological studies in personalized and preventive medicine.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The influence of smartphones’ operation modes on the superficial temperature distribution in the human auricle region

Bauer

Górecki

Kohyt

et al. 2018

J Therm Anal Calorim

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“…The lower panels of Figure 2 show how the inflammatory changes reverted after antihistamine administration. The use of IRT for assessing allergy skin prick tests demonstrated a sensitivity of 72%-93% and a specificity of 60%-88%; thus, this imaging modality can be used to automatize and objectivize the test procedure particularly when paired with computer visioning AI techniques [ 12 , 13 ].…”

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Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging for Assessing Acute Inflammatory Changes: A Case Series

Ramírez-GarcíaLuna¹,

Rangel-Berridi²,

Bartlett³

et al. 2022

Cureus

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Infrared thermal imaging is a non-contact imaging modality that captures the heat emitted by the human body. Thermal regulation or heat load to the different body parts is mainly regulated via blood supply, which is increased during inflammation. The assessment of the body's level of inflammation with pain, erythema and heat is subjective clinical measurement. Infrared imaging can be an objective tool for identifying and following inflammatory and perfusion changes, thereby helping clinicians locate and document the extent of the inflammation as well as monitor the response to treatment. As an example of this, here, we present three clinical cases where the use of thermography aided the assessment of acute inflammatory changes due to trauma, vasodilation, and allergy.

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“…Thermal temperature mapping has also been used in skin lesion differentiation [25] and rosacea pattern detection [26]. It is also used for the measurement of distribution of superficial temperature for inter alia screening tests [27], diagnosis [28], treatment or performance assessment [29][30][31], physiotherapeutic procedure evaluation [32][33][34], personalized medicine [2], and prevention [35,36].…”

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Implementation of artificial intelligence and non-contact infrared thermography for prediction and personalized automatic identification of different stages of cellulite

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Background Cellulite is a common physiological condition of dermis, epidermis, and subcutaneous tissues experienced by 85 to 98% of the post-pubertal females in developed countries. Infrared (IR) thermography combined with artificial intelligence (AI)based automated image processing can detect both early and advanced cellulite stages and open up the possibility of reliable diagnosis. Although the cellulite lesions may have various levels of severity, the quality of life of every woman, both in the physical and emotional sphere, is always an individual concern and therefore requires patient-oriented approach. Objectives The purpose of this work was to elaborate an objective, fast, and cost-effective method for automatic identification of different stages of cellulite based on IR imaging that may be used for prescreening and personalization of the therapy. Materials and methods In this study, we use custom-developed image preprocessing algorithms to automatically select cellulite regions and combine a total of 9 feature extraction methods with 9 different classification algorithms to determine the efficacy of cellulite stage recognition based on thermographic images taken from 212 female volunteers aged between 19 and 22. Results A combination of histogram of oriented gradients (HOG) and artificial neural network (ANN) enables determination of all stages of cellulite with an average accuracy higher than 80%. For primary stages of cellulite, the average accuracy achieved was more than 90%. Conclusions The implementation of computer-aided, automatic identification of cellulite severity using infrared imaging is feasible for reliable diagnosis. Such a combination can be used for early diagnosis, as well as monitoring of cellulite progress or therapeutic outcomes in an objective way. IR thermography coupled to AI sets the vision towards their use as an effective tool for complex assessment of cellulite pathogenesis and stratification, which are critical in the implementation of IR thermographic imaging in predictive, preventive, and personalized medicine (PPPM). Keywords Cellulite. Artificial intelligence. Infrared thermography. Predictive preventive personalized medicine. Prediction and health monitoring Abbreviations ANN Artificial neural network AUC Area under the curve BRISK Binary robust invariant scalable keypoints Cont Contour-based feature DT Decision tree Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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Thermographic imaging as alternative method in allergy diagnosis

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

The influence of smartphones’ operation modes on the superficial temperature distribution in the human auricle region

The influence of smartphones’ operation modes on the superficial temperature distribution in the human auricle region

Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging for Assessing Acute Inflammatory Changes: A Case Series

Implementation of artificial intelligence and non-contact infrared thermography for prediction and personalized automatic identification of different stages of cellulite

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