Use of smartphone attached mobile thermography assessing subclinical inflammation: a pilot study

• Published in: Journal of wound care Vol. 25; no. 4; p. 177
• Main Authors: Kanazawa, T, Nakagami, G, Goto, T, Noguchi, H, Oe, M, Miyagaki, T, Hayashi, A, Sasaki, S, Sanada, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.04.2016
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetic Foot - diagnosis; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Male; Middle Aged; Pilot Projects; Pressure Ulcer - diagnosis; Reproducibility of Results; Sacrococcygeal Region; Smartphone; Thermography - instrumentation; Thermography - methods; diabetes mellitus; wound assessment; thermal imaging; chronic wound

To verify the reliability and validity of FLIR ONE, a device connected to a smartphone, for the assessment of inflammation based on relative temperature increase compared with the thermography routinely used in pressure ulcer (PU) and diabetic foot assessment. Participants in this pilot cross-sectio...