Relative Temperature Maximum in Wound Infection and Inflammation as Compared with a Control Subject Using Long-Wave Infrared Thermography

• Published in: Advances in skin & wound care Vol. 30; no. 9; p. 406
• Main Authors: Chanmugam, Arjun, Langemo, Diane, Thomason, Korissa, Haan, Jaimee, Altenburger, Elizabeth A, Tippett, Aletha, Henderson, Linda, Zortman, Todd A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Inflammation - diagnosis; Inflammation - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Skin Temperature; Thermography - methods; Wound Infection - diagnosis; Wound Infection - physiopathology

The purpose of this retrospective case series was to determine whether a long-wave infrared thermography (LWIT, or thermal imaging) camera can detect specific temperature changes that are associated with wound infection and inflammation as compared with normal control subjects with similar anatomica...