Clinical Applications

2020 ◽  
pp. 308-331
Author(s):  
Enrique Sanchis-Sánchez ◽  
Rosario Salvador-Palmer ◽  
Pilar Codoñer-Franch ◽  
Jose Martín-Guerrero ◽  
Carlos Vergara-Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Tree Models ◽  
Healthy Area ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Orthopaedic Injuries

The study of the diagnostic accuracy of Infrared Thermal Imaging in the diagnosis of orthopaedic injuries in childhood has been motivated by the high incidence of these injuries throughout the world, being one of the most common reasons for urgent medical consultation. Diagnosis of musculoskeletal injuries usually involves radiography, but this exposes children without fractures to unnecessary ionising radiation. This chapter assesses whether infrared thermography could provide a viable alternative in cases of trauma. To evaluate the accuracy of this technique new thermographic variables have been added to those commonly analysed, such as the extent of the injury and the difference in the size of the area that is at an equal temperature or higher than the maximum temperature of the healthy area. Non-linear cataloguing methods (decision tree models) have also been applied. With the protocol presented, infrared thermal imaging had a sensitivity of 0.91, a specificity of 0.88 and a negative predictive value of 0.95 for diagnosing musculoskeletal injuries.

Clinical Applications

2017 ◽  
pp. 55-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Sanchis-Sánchez ◽  
Rosario Salvador-Palmer ◽  
Pilar Codoñer-Franch ◽  
Jose Martín-Guerrero ◽  
Carlos Vergara-Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
The World ◽  
Tree Models ◽  
Healthy Area ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Orthopaedic Injuries

The study of the diagnostic accuracy of Infrared Thermal Imaging in the diagnosis of orthopaedic injuries in childhood has been motivated by the high incidence of these injuries throughout the world, being one of the most common reasons for urgent medical consultation. Diagnosis of musculoskeletal injuries usually involves radiography, but this exposes children without fractures to unnecessary ionising radiation. This chapter assesses whether infrared thermography could provide a viable alternative in cases of trauma. To evaluate the accuracy of this technique new thermographic variables have been added to those commonly analysed, such as the extent of the injury and the difference in the size of the area that is at an equal temperature or higher than the maximum temperature of the healthy area. Non-linear cataloguing methods (decision tree models) have also been applied. With the protocol presented, infrared thermal imaging had a sensitivity of 0.91, a specificity of 0.88 and a negative predictive value of 0.95 for diagnosing musculoskeletal injuries.

scholarly journals Predicting lipoabdominoplasty complications with infrared thermography: a delta-R analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-558
Author(s):  
Patricia Rodrigues Resende ◽  
Marcos Leal Brioschi ◽  
Franciele De Meneck ◽  
Eduardo Borba Neves ◽  
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Thermography ◽  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Postoperative Evaluation ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽  
Thermal Index ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
Therapeutic Decision Making

The diagnosis of the main complications resulting from lipoabdominoplasty has not yet been standardized. Infrared thermal imaging has been used to assess possible complications, such as necrosis and changes in micro- and macro-circulation, based on perforator mapping techniques, among others. The objective of this study was to present two clinical cases involving thermal imaging monitoring of the healing process of lipoabdominoplasty in the immediate postoperative evaluation and its preliminary results. Infrared thermography was performed 24 hours after the operation and on postoperative days 5, 25, and 27. In clinical case 1, it was found that the delta-R (∆TR)–defined as the difference in minimum temperature between the highest and lowest points in the SA3 region (caution suction area) following the classification established by Matarasso–was 0.4°C at 24 hours after surgery and decreased to 0.1°C on a postoperative day 5. There were no complications in this case. In contrast, in clinical case 2, the ∆TR was 1.7°C at 24 hours after surgery (upon hospital discharge) and remained high, at 2.2°C, on postoperative day 5. A higher ∆TR was found in the second patient, who developed necrosis of the surgical wound. The ∆TR thermal index may be a new tool for predicting possible complications, complementing the clinical evaluation and therapeutic decision-making.

Infrared Thermal Imaging in the Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 875-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Sanchis-Sánchez ◽  
Carlos Vergara-Hernández ◽  
Rosa M. Cibrián ◽  
Rosario Salvador ◽  
Enrique Sanchis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Musculoskeletal Injuries ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging

Research on Temperaure Variation of Bridgewire with Infrared Thermal Imaging

2011 ◽  
Vol 403-408 ◽  
pp. 675-679
Author(s):  
Wen Chao Zhang ◽  
Hong Zheng Peng ◽  
Chun Long Su
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Variation ◽  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Small Diameter ◽  
Electronic Energy ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽  
Quantitative Evidence ◽  
Different Diameters

Bridgewire of a thin resistive wire widely used in electric explosive devices (EED) as a transducer of electronic energy to thermal energy provide the ignition of energetic compounds. In this paper the temperature variation laws of bridgewire as core component and most sensitive part for EED under the constant current were investigated though infrared measuring temperature system. The result indicates that the thermodynamic equilibrium from the bridgewire was realized in two senconds and the maximum temperature for bridgewire caused by the current rises as quadratic parabola with increasing of current acting on bridgewire. Meanwhile the safety current for bridgewire with large diameter is higher than that for bridgewire with small diameter. The maximum temperature variation curve for bridgewire of different diameters with current received from the infrared thermal imaging can provide the quantitative evidence supporting the predication of safety current for bridgewire and guidelines for engnieers to realize the activation of EED as expected safely.

scholarly journals The Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging to Determine Functional Nasal Adequacy: A Pilot Study

OTO Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 2473974X2110459
Author(s):  
Sydney Jiang ◽  
Jason Chan ◽  
Howard D. Stupak
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Imaging ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Clinical Test ◽  
Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽  
Imaging Device ◽  
Nasal Blockage ◽  
Adult Participants ◽  
Symptom Evaluation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Thermal Video

Objective The goal of this study was to establish a numeric threshold to separate functional from substantially obstructed noses using comparisons of thermal imaging and subjective scores. Study Design An inexpensive smartphone application and hardware attachment that uses infrared thermal imaging was tested to differentiate between substantial nasal blockage from an adequately functioning nose. Setting Sequential adult participants who presented to a public hospital otolaryngology clinic between June and August 2018 were asked to complete the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) tool. Methods A thermal video imaging device was used to record the difference in temperature (ΔT) between inspired (I) and expired (E) air at each nostril. The nostril ΔT between I and E air of patients with severe obstruction by the subjective measure (NOSE score) was compared with that of patients with minimal symptoms. Results A total of 26 participants were enrolled in the study. During normal respiration, Total ΔT for the nonobstructed group had a mean of 9.0, whereas the Total ΔT for the obstructed group had a mean of 7.69, a 17% difference that was statistically significant at P = .045. For the worst-performing nostril tested, ΔT for the nonobstructed group had a mean/median of 4°C, while the obstructed group had a mean of 3.23°C (median 3; 23.8% difference, P = .023). Conclusion Measures of thermal imaging, particularly at the threshold between the median scores of the worst-performing nostril, may be a useful clinical test to differentiate between a substantially obstructed nose from an adequately functioning nose, although more data are required.

Inter-country inequality as a dynamic process and the problem of post-industrial development

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Grigoryev ◽  
V. A. Pavlyushina
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Modern World ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Development Level ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Post Industrial

The phenomenon of economic growth is studied by economists and statisticians in various aspects for a long time. Economic theory is devoted to assessing factors of growth in the tradition of R. Solow, R. Barrow, W. Easterly and others. During the last quarter of the century, however, the institutionalists, namely D. North, D. Wallis, B. Weingast as well as D. Acemoglu and J. Robinson, have shown the complexity of the problem of development on the part of socioeconomic and political institutions. As a result, solving the problem of how economic growth affects inequality between countries has proved extremely difficult. The modern world is very diverse in terms of development level, and the article offers a new approach to the formation of the idea of stylized facts using cluster analysis. The existing statistics allows to estimate on a unified basis the level of GDP production by 174 countries of the world for 1992—2016. The article presents a structured picture of the world: the distribution of countries in seven clusters, different in levels of development. During the period under review, there was a strong per capita GDP growth in PPP in the middle of the distribution, poverty in various countries declined markedly. At the same time, in 1992—2016, the difference increased not only between rich and poor groups of countries, but also between clusters.

Speculative Realism and Science Fiction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Willems
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Cormac Mccarthy ◽  
Doris Lessing ◽  
Speculative Realism ◽  
Neil Gaiman ◽  
The World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Quentin Meillassoux

A human-centred approach to the environment is leading to ecological collapse. One of the ways that speculative realism challenges anthropomorphism is by taking non-human things to be as valid objects of investivation as humans, allowing a more responsible and truthful view of the world to take place. Brian Willems uses a range of science fiction literature that questions anthropomorphism both to develop and challenge this philosophical position. He looks at how nonsense and sense exist together in science fiction, the way in which language is not a guarantee of personhood, the role of vision in relation to identity formation, the difference between metamorphosis and modulation, representations of non-human deaths and the function of plasticity within the Anthropocene. Willems considers the works of Cormac McCarthy, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Doris Lessing and Kim Stanley Robinson are considered alongside some of the main figures of speculative materialism including Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux and Jane Bennett.

Between High Culture and Low Culture; and also The Difference Between Popular Culture and Folk Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Kunal Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Folk Culture ◽  
Common People ◽  
High Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Low Culture

High culture is a collection of ideologies, beliefs, thoughts, trends, practices and works-- intellectual or creative-- that is intended for refined, cultured and educated elite people. Low culture is the culture of the common people and the mass. Popular culture is something that is always, most importantly, related to everyday average people and their experiences of the world; it is urban, changing and consumeristic in nature. Folk culture is the culture of preindustrial (premarket, precommodity) communities.

L'anglicisme dans la langue française

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 00013
Author(s):  
Danny Susanto
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
English Word ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The World ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Bibliographic Study

<p class="Abstract">The purpose of this study is to analyze the phenomenon known as&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 1rem;">“anglicism”: a loan made to the English language by another language.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism arose either from the adoption of an English word as a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">result of a translation defect despite the existence of an equivalent&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">term in the language of the speaker, or from a wrong translation, as a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">word-by-word translation. Said phenomenon is very common&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">nowadays and most languages of the world including making use of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">some linguistic concepts such as anglicism, neologism, syntax,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">morphology etc, this article addresses various aspects related to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicisms in French through a bibliographic study: the definition of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism, the origin of Anglicisms in French and the current situation,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">the areas most affected by Anglicism, the different categories of&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Anglicism, the difference between French Anglicism in France and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">French-speaking Canada, the attitude of French-speaking society&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">towards to the Anglicisms and their efforts to stop this phenomenon.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The study shows that the areas affected are, among others, trade,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">travel, parliamentary and judicial institutions, sports, rail, industrial&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">production and most recently film, industrial production, sport, oil industry, information technology,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">science and technology. Various initiatives have been implemented either by public institutions or by&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">individuals who share concerns about the increasingly felt threat of the omnipresence of Anglicism in&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">everyday life.</span></p>

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