Detecting bone lesions in the emergency room with medical infrared thermography

Strasse, Wally auf der; Campos, Daniel Prado; Mendonça, Celso Júnio Aguiar; Soni, Jamil Faissal; Mendes, Joaquim; Nohama, Percy

doi:10.1186/s12938-022-01005-7

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“…The majority of authors identified their studies as exploratory or assessing feasibility ( n = 16) ( 11 , 12 , 14–16 , 19 , 21 , 22 , 26 , 27 , 31 , 32 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 39 ). Few were described as validation or diagnostic accuracy studies ( n = 8) ( 13 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 24 , 33 , 36 , 38 ).…”

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“…Two described the requirement of a standardised environment as potentially limiting the applicability of IRT to clinical practise ( 14 , 18 ). The need to remove skin coverings to enable the device to be used was frequently mentioned ( 11 , 19 , 20 , 31–33 , 35 , 38 ). Anti-inflammatory use, peripheral vascular disease and ice pack application were identified as potential confounders that excluded some recruits from study participation.…”

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“…There were commonly measured variables across the group of studies ( Table 1 ). In studies investigating conditions affecting one side of the body (e.g., limb injury) a common comparison was the affected with the unaffected side, from which a temperature difference could be obtained ( 11–13 , 19 , 33–35 ). Alternatively, affected and unaffected areas within the same limb could also be compared ( 13 , 24 , 35 ).…”

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Uses of infrared thermography in acute illness: a systematic review

Stanley,

Divall,

Thompson

et al. 2024

Front. Med.

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IntroductionInfrared thermography (IRT) is a non-contact, non-ionising imaging modality, providing a visual representation of temperature distribution across a surface.MethodsWe conducted a systematic search of indexed and grey literature for studies investigating IRT applications involving patients in acute care settings. Studies were categorised and described along themes identified iteratively using narrative synthesis. Quality appraisal of included studies was performed using the Quality Assessment tool for Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.ResultsOf 1,060 unique records, 30 studies were included. These were conducted in emergency departments and intensive care units involving adult, paediatric and neonatal patients. IRT was studied for the diagnosis, monitoring or risk stratification of a wide range of individual conditions. IRT was predominantly used to display thermal change associated with localised inflammation or microcirculatory dysfunction. Existing research is largely at an early developmental stage.DiscussionWe recommend that high quality diagnostic validation studies are now required for some clinical applications. IRT has the potential to be a valuable tool in the acute care setting and represents an important area for future research particularly when combined with advances in machine learning technology.Systematic review registrationCRD 42022327619 (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=327619).

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Uses of infrared thermography in acute illness: a systematic review

Stanley,

Divall,

Thompson

et al. 2024

Front. Med.

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“…A related study compared the temperature difference between forearm fractures and the contralateral uninjured side in 19 children aged 4-14 years and found an increase in the temperature of the injured area followed by a reduction in the following weeks [15]. Infrared thermal imaging has been applied to detect fractures associated with leg, hand, forearm, clavicle, foot, and ankle in a study involving 45 patients [16]. The study concluded that infrared thermal imaging could be a valuable complementary diagnostic modality to the X-ray radiograph.…”

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Infrared Thermal Imaging Analysis in Screening for Toddler’s Fracture: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Saatchi,

Ramlakhan

2023

Applied Sciences

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This study explored and developed high-resolution infrared thermal (HRIT) imaging for screening toddler’s fractures. A toddler’s fracture is a common tibial fracture in children younger than six years old. The study included 39 participants admitted to an emergency department with a suspected toddler’s fracture. X-ray confirmed eight participants with a toddler’s fracture (20.5%). Infrared images of participants were recorded on their index visit, focusing on region-of-interests on the injured and the contralateral (uninjured) legs. The uninjured leg acted as a thermal reference. Six statistical measures obtained from the images were analyzed. These were maximum, mean, standard deviation, median, interquartile range, and skewness. The Shapiro–Wilk test indicated that the measures were from a normal distribution. A two-sample t-test indicated that the majority of the six measures had significantly different means (p < 0.05) when comparing the participants with and without a fracture. Similarly, the first principal component (PC1), obtained through principal component analysis of the six measures, was significantly different (p < 0.05) comparing participants with and without a fracture. Visualization of the statistical measures and their PC1 demonstrated distinct clustering. This study demonstrated that HRIT imaging is valuable for screening for toddler’s fractures, but a larger follow-on study will be required to confirm the findings.

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“…Moreover, an alcohol sensor can measure the alcohol level of the rider and lock the ignition system if the level is above a certain threshold [ 22 ]. For first responders, a smart helmet can provide a thermal scan of an individual to check for COVID-19 symptoms [ 23 ] or injuries such as broken bones [ 24 ] or bleeding [ 25 ]. An IoT smart helmet can also track the status of the response crew in real time and report back to a central control center [ 23 ].…”

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Trends in Smart Helmets With Multimodal Sensing for Health and Safety: Scoping Review

Lee¹,

Kim²,

Zitouni³

et al. 2022

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background As a form of the Internet of Things (IoT)–gateways, a smart helmet is one of the core devices that offers distinct functionalities. The development of smart helmets connected to IoT infrastructure helps promote connected health and safety in various fields. In this regard, we present a comprehensive analysis of smart helmet technology and its main characteristics and applications for health and safety. Objective This paper reviews the trends in smart helmet technology and provides an overview of the current and future potential deployments of such technology, the development of smart helmets for continuous monitoring of the health status of users, and the surrounding environmental conditions. The research questions were as follows: What are the main purposes and domains of smart helmets for health and safety? How have researchers realized key features and with what types of sensors? Methods We selected studies cited in electronic databases such as Google Scholar, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and EBSCO on smart helmets through a keyword search from January 2010 to December 2021. In total, 1268 papers were identified (Web of Science: 87/1268, 6.86%; EBSCO: 149/1268, 11.75%; ScienceDirect: 248/1268, 19.55%; and Google Scholar: 784/1268, 61.82%), and the number of final studies included after PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) study selection was 57. We also performed a self-assessment of the reviewed articles to determine the quality of the paper. The scoring was based on five criteria: test environment, prototype quality, feasibility test, sensor calibration, and versatility. Results Smart helmet research has been considered in industry, sports, first responder, and health tracking scenarios for health and safety purposes. Among 57 studies, most studies with prototype development were industrial applications (18/57, 32%), and the 2 most frequent studies including simulation were industry (23/57, 40%) and sports (23/57, 40%) applications. From our assessment-scoring result, studies tended to focus on sensor calibration results (2.3 out of 3), while the lowest part was a feasibility test (1.6 out of 3). Further classification of the purpose of smart helmets yielded 4 major categories, including activity, physiological and environmental (hazard) risk sensing, as well as risk event alerting. Conclusions A summary of existing smart helmet systems is presented with a review of the sensor features used in the prototyping demonstrations. Overall, we aimed to explore new possibilities by examining the latest research, sensor technologies, and application platform perspectives for smart helmets as promising wearable devices. The barriers to users, challenges in the development of smart helmets, and future opportunities for health and safety applications are also discussed. In conclusion, this paper presents the current status of smart helmet technology, main issues, and prospects for future smart helmet with the objective of making the smart helmet concept a reality.

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Detecting bone lesions in the emergency room with medical infrared thermography

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Uses of infrared thermography in acute illness: a systematic review

Uses of infrared thermography in acute illness: a systematic review

Infrared Thermal Imaging Analysis in Screening for Toddler’s Fracture: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Trends in Smart Helmets With Multimodal Sensing for Health and Safety: Scoping Review

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