Medical Infrared Imaging

This book explores new ideas, concepts, and technologies such as dynamic thermal imaging, thermal texture mapping, and thermal multispectral imaging commonly used in the clinical environment. The coverage ranges from historical background, concepts, clinical applications, standards, and infrared technology. Of interest to the medical and biomedical engineering communities, the book can provide many opportunities for developing and conducting multidisciplinary research in many areas of medical infrared imaging.

Mary Diakides, Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson

Advances in Medical Infrared Imaging: An Update. The Historical Development of Thermometry and Thermal Imaging in Medicine. Infrared Detectors and Detector Arrays. Infrared Camera Characterization. Infrared Camera and Optics for Medical Applications. Physiology of Thermal Signals. Quantitative Active Dynamic Thermal IR-Imaging and Thermal Tomography in Medical Diagnostics. Dynamic Thermal Assessment. Thermal Texture Mapping: Whole-Body Infrared Imaging and Its Holistic Interpretation. Infrared Imaging of the Breast: A Review. Functional Infrared Imaging of the Breast: Historical Perspectives, Current Application, and Future Considerations. MammoVision (Infrared Breast Thermography) Compared to X-Ray Mammography and Ultrasonography: 114 Cases Evaluated. Detecting Breast Cancer from Thermal Infrared Images by Asymmetry Analysis. Application of Nonparametric Windows in Estimating the Mutual Information between Bilateral Breasts in Thermograms. Breast Cancer Screening Based on Thermal Image Classification. Fuzzy C Means Segmentation and Fractal Analysis of the Benign and Malignant Breast Thermograms. The Role of Thermal Monitoring in Cardiosurgery Interventions. Physiology-Based Face Recognition in the Thermal Infrared Spectrum. Noninvasive Infrared Imaging for Functional Monitoring of Disease Processes. Biomedical Applications of Functional Infrared Imaging. Modeling Infrared Imaging Data for the Assessment of Functional Impairment in Thermoregulatory Processes. Infrared Thermal Imaging Standards for Human Fever Detection. Thermal Imager as Fever Identification Tool for Infectious Diseases Outbreak. Thermal Imaging in Diseases of the Skeletal and Neuromuscular Systems. Functional Infrared Imaging in the Evaluation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I: Current Pathophysiological Concepts, Methodology, Case Studies, and Clinical Implications. Thermal Imaging in Surgery. Thermal Signals and Cutaneous Circulation in Physiological Research and Reconstructive Surgery. Infrared Imaging Applied to Dentistry. Laser Infrared Thermography of Biological Tissues. Use of Infrared Imaging in Veterinary Medicine. Standard Procedures for Infrared Imaging in Medicine. Storage and Retrieval of Medical Infrared Images. Ethical Obligations in Infrared Imaging Research and Practice. Index.