Cold Provocation and Active Thermography in Medical Screening

Objective: To describe the distribution of risk, diagnosis and pharmacological treatments for diabetes and hypertension after seven years among patients provided with opportunistic medical screening in a dental setting. Material and Methods: The initial screening’s 170 participants were asked to take part in a seven-year follow-up study. Data were collected through self-reported information in a written health declaration. Outcome measures: • Number of study participants who had passed away • Prescription of antidiabetics or antihypertensives • Changes in weight and height to calculate body mass index (BMI) Results: The follow-up study consisted of 151 participants. Twenty had passed away. The risk needs for medicating with antihypertensive drugs after seven years for those not receiving pharmacological treatment at the initial screening was 3.7 times greater (p=0.025 CI 1.2-11.3) for participants with a diastolic blood pressure (BP) ≥ 90 mm Hg (85 for diabetics) than for the others. The risk was 3.9 times greater (p=0.020 CI 1.2-12.6) for those with a systolic BP of 140-159 mm Hg and 54.2 times greater (p<0.0001 CI 9.8-300.3) for those with a systolic BP ≥ 160 mm Hg than for those with a systolic BP 140 mm Hg. There were no changes in BMI. Conclusion: At least one in ten cases of incorrect medication or undiagnosed hypertension may be identifiable through opportunistic medical screening

Medical Screening and the Employee Health Cost Crisis

JAMA ◽

10.1001/jama.1990.03450090115042 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 264 (9) ◽

pp. 1177

Author(s):

Arthur L. Frank

Keyword(s):

Employee Health ◽

Medical Screening ◽

Health Cost

A miniaturised active thermography system for in-situ inspections

IFAC-PapersOnLine ◽

10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.11.011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 53 (3) ◽

pp. 66-71

Author(s):

Weixiang Du ◽

Haochen Liu ◽

Adisorn Sirikham ◽

Sri Addepalli ◽

Yifan Zhao

Keyword(s):

Active Thermography

8.13 The utilization of cold provocation thermography in upper limb vasospastic conditions

Cardiovascular Surgery ◽

10.1016/s0967-2109(97)89887-0 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

I CHETTER

Keyword(s):

Upper Limb ◽

Cold Provocation

Medical Screening of the Athlete: How Does Asthma Fit In?

Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology ◽

10.1385/criai:29:2:097 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 097-112 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Gene Hong ◽

Nirandra Mahamitra

Keyword(s):

Medical Screening

Solder Bumps Inspection UsingPrincipal Component Analysis in Active Thermography

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.912-914.1529 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 912-914 ◽

pp. 1529-1533

Author(s):

Xiang Ning Lu ◽

Ji Guang Han ◽

Su Hua Han ◽

Su Ya Wang ◽

Ming Hui Shao

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Principal Component ◽

Component Analysis ◽

Source Distribution ◽

Inspection System ◽

Thermal Contrast ◽

Ir Camera ◽

Active Thermography ◽

Solder Bumps ◽

Pixel Value

A nondestructive inspection system has been developed using the active thermography technology. However the solder defects can not be distinguished directly from the thermal images captured by IR camera because of the heating non-uniformities. The principal component analysis is explored to identify the defects of the solder bumps accurately and effectively. Thermal contrast image is obtained by subtracting source distribution map from the original thermal image. The hot spots corresponding to 16 solder bumps are segmented. The pixels with the thermal contrast values ranging from 0.18°C to 0.20°C are counted, and the maximum and the minimum of the pixel value are found out respectively, which are used in the principal component analysis. The missing bump is identified by the first principal component score. The results show that it is effective using the principal component analysis in active thermography for defects inspection of solder bumps in microelectronic packaging.

“On the Dump Heap”: Employee Medical Screening in the Tri-State Zinc-Lead Industry, 1924–1932

The Business History Review ◽

10.2307/3115621 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 62 (4) ◽

pp. 656-677 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Alan Derickson

Keyword(s):

Respiratory Disease ◽

Medical Screening ◽

Mining Community ◽

Mine Workers

In the following article, Professor Derickson examines the motivation for and the results of employee medical screening of workers in a midwestern mining community. He argues that, contrary to the goals of the associative state as envisioned by Herbert Hoover and others, government and mine operator efforts to determine the extent of respiratory disease among mine workers in the Tri-State were neither impelled by a concern for workers' welfare nor conducive to the amelioration of their problems.