Cold Provocation and Active Thermography in Medical Screening

• Autorzy: Strzelecki M. , Strąkowska M. , Strąkowski R. , Kaszuba A.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12921/cmst.2017.0000007

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This paper presents application of active thermography as a tool for supporting diagnosis of selected dermatological diseases. The cold stress method is used to stimulate human skin and to measure its temperature change in time. Image and data processing techniques are applied to calculate response parameters and plot their spatial distributions (maps). The proposed technique was applied to estimate differences between healthy and unhealthy tissue for patients with psoriasis. Another application concerns detection of regions characterized by different vascularization under the skin. Obtained preliminary results are promising. It was demonstrated that the developed method, after further testing, can be a useful tool to improve the standard diagnostic procedures.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

active thermography; cold stress; temperature response; thermal skin parameter estimation

• Wydawca: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Scientific Publishers OWN, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Computational Methods in Science and Technology
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 23, No. 1
• Strony: 65--71
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Strzelecki M.

• Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology Wolczanska 211/215, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

autor

Strąkowska M.

• Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology Wolczanska 211/215, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

autor

Strąkowski R.

• Institute of Electronics, Lodz University of Technology Wolczanska 211/215, 90-924 Lodz, Poland

autor

Kaszuba A.

• Department of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology and Dermatological Oncology Medical University of Lodz, Kniaziewicza 1/5, 91-347 Lodz, Poland

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017).