Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples

Audrey Macdonald; Nina Petrova; Suhail  Ainarkar; John Allen; Peter  Plassmann; Aaron Whittam; John Bevans; John Bevans; Ben Kluwe; Rob Simpson; Leon Rogers; Graham Machin; Mike Edmonds

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-3147-2_15

Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples

Audrey Macdonald
, Nina Petrova
, Suhail Ainarkar
, John Allen
, Peter Plassmann
, Aaron Whittam
, John Bevans
, John Bevans
, Ben Kluwe
, Rob Simpson
, Leon Rogers
, Graham Machin
, Mike Edmonds

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Abstract

Thirty participants with healthy feet were imaged in the same way on two separate occasions (an average of 4 weeks apart). Overall, feet were found to be thermally symmetric although absolute temperature could vary considerably between visits. Temperature differences at specific sites on the foot sometimes exceeded the threshold of 2.2 °C regarded as clinically significant when looking for evidence of inflammation prior to skin breakdown in diabetes. At least one site exceeded this threshold in nine (30%) participants (the same figure for both visits). However, when looking for significant thermal asymmetry it is important to rule out transient changes by repeated imaging and to refer to baseline images.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Application of Infrared to Biomedical Science
Editors	Eddie Y. K. Ng, Mahnaz Etehadtavakol
Publisher	Springer, Singapore
Pages	265-276
Number of pages	12
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-10-3147-2
ISBN (Print)	978-981-10-3146-5, 978-981-10-9804-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3147-2_15
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Name	Series in BioEngineering

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Thermal imaging
Thermal symmetry
Diabetic foot ulcer

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Macdonald, A., Petrova, N., Ainarkar, S., Allen, J., Plassmann, P., Whittam, A., Bevans, J., Bevans, J., Kluwe, B., Simpson, R., Rogers, L., Machin, G., & Edmonds, M. (2017). Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples. In E. Y. K. Ng, & M. Etehadtavakol (Eds.), Application of Infrared to Biomedical Science (1 ed., pp. 265-276). ( Series in BioEngineering ). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3147-2_15

Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples. / Macdonald, Audrey; Petrova, Nina; Ainarkar, Suhail et al.
Application of Infrared to Biomedical Science . ed. / Eddie Y. K. Ng; Mahnaz Etehadtavakol. 1. ed. Springer, Singapore, 2017. p. 265-276 ( Series in BioEngineering ).

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Macdonald, A, Petrova, N, Ainarkar, S, Allen, J, Plassmann, P, Whittam, A, Bevans, J, Bevans, J, Kluwe, B, Simpson, R, Rogers, L, Machin, G & Edmonds, M 2017, Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples. in EYK Ng & M Etehadtavakol (eds), Application of Infrared to Biomedical Science . 1 edn, Series in BioEngineering , Springer, Singapore, pp. 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3147-2_15

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Reproducibility of thermal images: some healthy examples

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