Role of IR-Thermal Imaging and Electroimpedance Measurements in Medical Diagnostics

Author

Nowakowski, A.Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Gdansk Univ. of Technol.

fYear

2005

fDate

6/27/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

706

Lastpage

709

Abstract

This is a review of the state of the art in two important modalities thermal and electrical properties of living tissues - that are complementary from the point of view of medical diagnostics. Advantages and limitations of IR thermal imaging and electroimpedance measurements, including tomography procedures are discussed. Properties of both modalities are compared from the point of view of skin burn evaluation, early recognition of breast cancer and some applications in cardiosurgery monitoring

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; biomedical optical imaging; biothermics; cancer; cardiology; electric impedance imaging; gynaecology; infrared imaging; optical tomography; patient monitoring; skin; tumours; IR-thermal imaging; cardiosurgery monitoring; early breast cancer recognition; electrical properties; electroimpedance measurements; living tissues; medical diagnostics; review; skin burn evaluation; thermal properties; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Cameras; Infrared imaging; Medical diagnosis; Medical diagnostic imaging; Optical imaging; Organisms; Signal resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616511

Filename

1616511