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Article: Thyroid diagnosis by thermogram sequence analysis

TitleThyroid diagnosis by thermogram sequence analysis
Authors
KeywordsBoundary matching
Image sequence compression
Medical diagnosis
Thermography
Thyroid conditioning monitoring
Issue Date1995
PublisherI O S Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.iospress.nl/html/09592989.html
Citation
Biomedical Materials And Engineering, 1995, v. 5 n. 3, p. 169-183 How to Cite?
AbstractA computerised thermal imaging system for thyroid diagnosis was developed by the authors and it was discovered that the rate of changes of temperature, rather than the absolute values. associated with a sequence of thermograms could help the medical doctors to identify clinical disorders. In order to further enhance the diagnostic capabilities and speed, a new method for medical thermogram analysis has been developed that compresses a sequence of thermograms into one thermogram while retaining the important information such as the geometrical patterns of the objects and the rate of temperature changes of each pixel within the images. As motion artifacts are unavoidable when a patient undergoes minutes of thermogram recording, direct comparison between images is deemed impossible. A high speed image matching algorithm has been developed to provide an absolute geometrical foundation for pixel-to-pixel comparison. The rate of change of temperature of a particular pixel along the sequence is represented by one single parameter after a process of temperature integration which can then be converted into a corresponding gray level for display. The resultant compressed thermogram can give a clear distinction between problem areas and normal ones. Although our emphasis is on thyroid diagnosis, it is anticipated that this new technique can be applicable to other areas of a human body. © 1995.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/78524
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.241
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dc.contributor.authorChan, FHYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSo, ATPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKung, AWCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, FKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYip, HCLen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:43:50Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:43:50Z-
dc.date.issued1995en_HK
dc.identifier.citationBiomedical Materials And Engineering, 1995, v. 5 n. 3, p. 169-183en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0959-2989en_HK
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dc.description.abstractA computerised thermal imaging system for thyroid diagnosis was developed by the authors and it was discovered that the rate of changes of temperature, rather than the absolute values. associated with a sequence of thermograms could help the medical doctors to identify clinical disorders. In order to further enhance the diagnostic capabilities and speed, a new method for medical thermogram analysis has been developed that compresses a sequence of thermograms into one thermogram while retaining the important information such as the geometrical patterns of the objects and the rate of temperature changes of each pixel within the images. As motion artifacts are unavoidable when a patient undergoes minutes of thermogram recording, direct comparison between images is deemed impossible. A high speed image matching algorithm has been developed to provide an absolute geometrical foundation for pixel-to-pixel comparison. The rate of change of temperature of a particular pixel along the sequence is represented by one single parameter after a process of temperature integration which can then be converted into a corresponding gray level for display. The resultant compressed thermogram can give a clear distinction between problem areas and normal ones. Although our emphasis is on thyroid diagnosis, it is anticipated that this new technique can be applicable to other areas of a human body. © 1995.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherI O S Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.iospress.nl/html/09592989.htmlen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofBiomedical Materials and Engineeringen_HK
dc.subjectBoundary matching-
dc.subjectImage sequence compression-
dc.subjectMedical diagnosis-
dc.subjectThermography-
dc.subjectThyroid conditioning monitoring-
dc.subject.meshAlgorithmsen_HK
dc.subject.meshArtifactsen_HK
dc.subject.meshBody Temperatureen_HK
dc.subject.meshData Displayen_HK
dc.subject.meshGoiter, Nodular - diagnosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshGraves Disease - diagnosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshImage Enhancement - instrumentationen_HK
dc.subject.meshImage Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentationen_HK
dc.subject.meshThermography - instrumentationen_HK
dc.subject.meshThyroid Diseases - diagnosis - physiopathologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshThyroid Gland - anatomy & histologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshThyroidectomyen_HK
dc.subject.meshThyrotoxicosis - diagnosisen_HK
dc.subject.meshVideotape Recordingen_HK
dc.titleThyroid diagnosis by thermogram sequence analysisen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailKung, AWC:awckung@hku.hken_HK
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