Application of infrared to biomedical sciences

• Other Authors: Ng, Y. K. Eddie (Editor), Etehadtavakol, Mahnaz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer, 2017.
• Series: Series in bioengineering.
• Subjects: Medical thermography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789811031472; 9789811031465
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 552 pages) : illustrations (some color)

The book covers the latest updates in the application of infrared to biomedical sciences, a non-invasive, contactless, safe and easy approach imaging of skin and tissue temperatures. Its diagnostic procedure allows practitioners to identify the locations of abnormal chemical and blood vessel activit...

Table of Contents:

• Preface; Review for the Book; Contents; About the Editors; 1 Potential of Infrared Imaging in Assessing Digestive Disorders; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 2.1 Thermal Imaging Protocol Guidelines; 3 Case Reports; 4 Results; 5 Conclusion; References; 2 Potential of Thermography in Pain Diagnosing and Treatment Monitoring; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Classifications of Pain; 3 Physiology of Human Skin; 4 Interpretation Guidelines; 5 Application of Thermal Imaging; 6 Conclusion; References; 3 Assessment of Foot Complications in Diabetic Patients Using Thermography: A Review; Abstract.
• 1 Introduction2 Considerations for Applying Thermography in Examination of the Diabetic Foot; 3 Application of Thermography in Diabetic Foot Monitoring; 3.1 Critical Ischemia Involving Small Arterial Territories; 3.2 Changes in the Cutaneous Circulation Induced by Diabetic Microangiophathy, Which Leads to Ulceration; 3.3 Neuropathy Evaluation, Specifically Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy; 3.4 Plantar Patterns; 3.5 Detecting area at High Risk for Ulceration or Pre-ulceration and Monitoring Ulcer Healing; 4 Asymmetry Analysis; 5 Conclusion; References.
• 4 An Overview of Medical Infrared Imaging in Breast Abnormalities DetectionAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Metabolism of Tumors and Tumor Growth; 3 Principals of IR Imaging; 3.1 Physics; 3.2 Equipment Considerations; 3.3 Laboratory Considerations; 4 Relationship Between Pathology and IR Imaging; 5 The Role of IR Imaging in the Detection of Cancer; 6 Restrictions and Conveniences of IR Imaging; 7 Conclusion; References; 5 Registration of Contralateral Breasts Thermograms by Shape Context Technique; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods; 3 Dataset and Processing Steps; 4 Experimental Results.
• 5 Conclusion6 Future Work; References; 6 Color Segmentation of Breast Thermograms: A Comparative Study; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Color Conversion of Gray-Scale Images; 3 mean shift clustering (ms); 4 Experimental Results; 5 Conclusion; References; 7 Potentialities of Dynamic Breast Thermography; Abstract; 1 The Concept of Dynamic Thermography; 2 Breast Dynamic Thermography Using Autonomic Cold Challenge; 3 Characterisation of Thermal Recovery After Cold Stress; 4 A Mathematical Model for Thermal Recovery After Cooling; 5 Computer Assisted Dynamic Breast Thermography.
• 6 Active Dynamic Breast Thermography7 Numerical Modelling of Breast Dynamic Thermography; 7.1 A Heat Transfer Model for the Breast; 7.2 A Numerical Procedure for Transient Thermography; 8 Conclusion; References; 8 In Vivo Thermography-Based Image for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using Two-Tier Segmentation Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Collection; 2.1 Animal Preparation; 2.2 In Vivo Thermography Screening; 2.3 Disease Verification; 3 Image Processing; 3.1 First Tier: Segmentation for Subject of Interest (SOI).