Conveners
Biomedical: Part I
- Lilach Gavish (Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
Biomedical: Part II
- Arcangelo Merla (Università degli Studi G. d'Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara)
Biomedical: Part III
- Mariusz Kaczmarek (Gdansk University of Technology)
Biomedical: Part IV
- Henrique Fernandes (Federal University of Uberlandia)
Analysing infrared thermal (IRT) images objectively in the fields of biomedicine is always a challenge, especially when there is biological bilaterality. It is common for these images to be analysed by regions of interest (ROI) and attempts made to compare them to provide an objective interpretation. For several decades, the concept of thermal symmetry based on the difference between the...
Introduction:
Thermal heating of the skin using infrared lasers has been a valuable tool in pain research for multiple decades. Recently we have developed a closed-loop thermography-controlled system which allows accurate temperature control during moving laser stimulation. Using this setup the thermal energy transduction is no longer limited to transversally across the skin, but the...
Several diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and cancer, are associated with localized increases in tissue temperature. This characteristic suggests that thermal imaging could be exploited for diagnostic and monitoring purposes, which led to the development of the field of medical thermography. However, when a localized hot-spot is situated more than ~15 mm beneath the skin and its...
Background and Aim: Thermal imaging is widely used to assess skin temperature. However, interpretation often relies on absolute values or qualitive patterns that provide limited insight into spatial thermoregulatory organization. Palm-to-finger thermal gradients (PFG) capture temperature distribution of the hand which reflects vascular tone and peripheral thermoregulation in response to a...
Active infrared thermography (IRT) offers a non-invasive route to detect and characterise
cutaneous lesions by measuring transient surface temperature responses following controlled
cooling. This thesis presents an end-to-end investigation combining physics-based
simulation, thermogram creation, algorithmic feature extraction, machine learning and
prototype instrumentation to assess the...
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathies, resulting from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel at the wrist. This condition is frequently associated with pain, reduced grip strength, and impaired fine motor control of the hand. Early diagnosis of CTS remains challenging, as conventional clinical and electrophysiological...
Flap surgery, which is widely applied in plastic and reconstructive surgery, involves the transfer of tissue from a donor site to a recipient site while preserving its intrinsic vascular supply. This technique is particularly indicated for the reconstruction of complex anatomical structures, such as the mandible or breast, as well as for the restoration of tissue defects resulting from trauma...
This paper explores the use of infrared thermography to analyze body heat distribution patterns in cyclists, to evaluate its potential contribution to professional bike fitting. Seven participants completed a standardized 15-minute cycling exercise, during and after which thermographic images were captured. The goal was to detect temperature asymmetries or irregularities that may indicate...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder marked by memory deterioration and cognitive loss, impacting millions globally. Although AD is predominantly regarded as a brain disorder, increasing evidence indicates considerable peripheral modifications, especially within the microcirculatory system. In fact, research has shown that people with AD have platelet dysfunction and...
Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared thermography (IRT) was widely used to estimate deep body temperature for workplace screening. However, we previously highlighted major limitations of predicting core temperature from skin temperature (Mekjavic & Tipton, 2020), demonstrating substantial elevations in skin temperature during moderate work in 40 °C conditions with minimal...
The usage of infrared thermal imaging (IRT) for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis has been its first medical application, but its feasibility is still a debatable question. It is aim of this research study conducted in a cancer hospital to relate the thermal findings with the information retrieved from other medical imaging modalities. In a study involving 29 already diagnosed with other imaging...
Introduction: Chronic itch is a clinically significant condition for which effective treatments remain limited. Experimentally induced itch using histamine and cowhage provide a controlled and reproducible way to study the mechanisms of itch, helping identify and test new therapeutic targets. However, histamine and cowhage differ in several characteristics, including their ability to elicit...
While not yet a common practice in standard medicine, infrared imaging is emerging as a promising non-invasive tool to support diagnostics, offering functional and physiological insights beyond the capabilities of conventional imaging techniques. By capturing subtle variations in surface and sub-surface thermal patterns, IR imaging provides real-time visualization of hemodynamic changes linked...
The evaluation of vascular access in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis requires accurate and reliable diagnostic techniques capable of delineating superficial venous anatomy, hemodynamic alterations, and the anatomical characteristics of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), while minimizing invasiveness and patient-related risks. In this context, clinical infrared...
Introduction. The increasing demands of human space missions require non-invasive and autonomous health-monitoring technologies suitable for extreme environments. Quantitative infrared thermography (QIRT) is a promising tool for space medicine, providing contactless, real-time assessment of skin temperature and physiologically relevant information related to microcirculation, inflammation,...
