Paper Info
Title
Detection of diabetic foot hyperthermia by infrared imaging.
Abstract
In diabetic foot, the occurrence of an ulcer is often associated with hyperthermia. Hyperthermia is defined as a temperature greater than 2.2°C in a given region of one of the foot compared to the temperature of the same region of the contralateral foot. Unfortunately, hyperthermia is not yet assessed in current diabetic foot therapy. In this paper, we propose an easy way to detect a possible hyperthermia by using an infrared camera. A specific acquisition protocol of the thermal images is proposed. A dedicated image analysis is developed: it is composed of a contour detection of the 2 feet using the Chan and Vese active contour method associated to the ICP rigid registration technique. Among 85 type II diabetes persons recruited in the Dos de Mayo hospital in Lima, Peru, 9 individuals show significant hyperthermia. It is expected that the new possibility of detecting hyperthermia in hospitals or in diabetic health centers which is now available, thanks to the proposed method, will help in reducing foot ulcer occurrence for diabetic persons.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944705
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
contour detection,thermal images,vese active contour method,diseases,foot ulcer,biomedical optical imaging,acquisition protocol,infrared imaging,icp rigid registration technique,diabetic health centers,chan active contour method,image analysis,cameras,hyperthermia,image registration,type ii diabetes,medical image processing,infrared camera,diabetic foot hyperthermia detection
Biomedical engineering,Hyperthermia,Computer vision,Artificial intelligence,Medicine,Diabetic foot
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2014
1557-170X
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
2
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis Vilcahuaman130.96
Rachid Harba211216.29
R Canals3202.23
M Zequera410.70
C Wilches510.36
M T Arista610.36
L Torres710.36
H Arbañil810.36