A Pilot Study of Infrared Thermal Imaging to Detect Active Bone Lesions in Children With Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis

• Published in: Arthritis care & research (2010) Vol. 71; no. 11; pp. 1430 - 1435
• Main Authors: Zhao, Yongdong, Iyer, Ramesh S., Reichley, Lucas, Oron, Assaf P., Gove, Nancy E., Kitsch, Averi E., Biswas, Debosmita, Friedman, Seth, Partridge, Savannah C., Wallace, Carol A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Bone diseases; Bone Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Bone Diseases - etiology; Bone Diseases - pathology; Bone imaging; Bone lesions; Bone marrow; Bones of Lower Extremity - diagnostic imaging; Bones of Lower Extremity - pathology; Case-Control Studies; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Female; Femur; Fibula; Heat detection; Hot Temperature; Humans; Inflammation; Infrared Rays; Knee; Leg; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Osteomyelitis; Osteomyelitis - complications; Osteomyelitis - diagnostic imaging; Osteomyelitis - pathology; Pilot Projects; Temperature; Temperature effects; Thermography - methods; Tibia

Objective Chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) is an autoinflammatory bone disease. An inexpensive and rapid imaging tool, infrared thermal imaging, was evaluated for its utility to detect active bone lesions in extremities of children with CNO. Methods Children with suspected active CNO and hea...