Medical Infrared Imaging Principles and Practices

The evolution of technological advances in infrared sensor technology, image processing, "smart" algorithms, knowledge-based databases, and their overall system integration has resulted in new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. The development of infrared cameras with focal plane arrays no longer requiring cooling, added a new dimension to this modality. Medical Infrared Imaging: Principles and Practices covers new ideas, concepts, and technologies along with historical background and clinical applications. The book begins by exploring worldwide advances in the medical applications of thermal imaging systems. It covers technology and hardware including detectors, detector materials, un-cooled focal plane arrays, high performance systems, camera characterization, electronics for on-chip image processing, optics, and cost-reduction designs. It then discusses the physiological basis of the thermal signature and its interpretation in a medical setting. The book also covers novel and emerging techniques, the complexities and importance of protocols for effective and reproducible results, storage and retrieval of thermal images, and ethical obligations. Of interest to both the medical and biomedical engineering communities, the book explores many opportunities for developing and conducting multidisciplinary research in many areas of medical infrared imaging. These range from clinical quantification to intelligent image processing for enhancement of the interpretation of images, and for further development of user-friendly high-resolution thermal cameras. These would enable the wide use of infrared imaging as a viable, noninvasive, low-cost, first-line detection modality.

Advances in Medical Infrared Imaging: An Update, Nicholas A. Diakides, Mary Diakides, Jasper Lupo, Jeffrey Paul, and Raymond Balcerak The Historical Development of Thermometry and Thermal Imaging in Medicine, Francis E. Ring and Bryan F. Jones Infrared Detectors and Detector Arrays, Paul R. Norton, Stuart B. Horn, Joseph G. Pellegrino, and Philip Perconti Infrared Camera Characterization, Joseph G. Pellegrino, Jason Zeibel, Ronald G. Driggers, and Philip PercontiInfrared Camera and Optics for Medical Applications, Michael W. Grenn, Jay Vizgaitis, Joseph G. Pellegrino, and Philip PercontiPhysiology of Thermal Signals, David D. Pascoe, James B. Mercer, and Louis de WeerdQuantitative Active Dynamic Thermal IR-Imaging and Thermal Tomography in Medical Diagnostics, Antoni NowakowskiDynamic Thermal Assessment, Michael AnbarThermal Texture Mapping: Whole-Body Infrared Imaging and Its Holistic Interpretation, H. Helen Liu and Zhong Qi LiuInfrared Imaging of the Breast: A Review, William C. Amalu, William B. Hobbins, Jonathan F. Head, and Robert L. ElliotFunctional Infrared Imaging of the Breast: Historical Perspectives, Current Application, and Future Considerations, John R. Keyserlingk, P. D. Ahlgren, E. Yu, Normand Belliveau, and Mariam YassaMammoVision (Infrared Breast Thermography) Compared to X-Ray Mammography and Ultrasonography: 114 Cases Evaluated, Reinhold Berz and Claus Schulte-UebbingDetecting Breast Cancer from Thermal Infrared Images by Asymmetry Analysis, Hairong Qi, Phani Teja Kuruganti, and Wesley E. SnyderApplication of Nonparametric Windows in Estimating the Mutual Information between Bilateral Breasts in Thermograms, M. Etehadtavakol, E.Y.K. Ng, Caro Lucas, S. Sadri, and N. GheissariBreast Cancer Screening Based on Thermal Image Classification, Boguslaw Wiecek, Maria Wiecek, Robert Strakowski, M. Strzelecki, T. Jakubowska, M. Wysocki, and C. Drews-PeszynskiFuzzy C Means Segmentation and Fractal Analysis of the Benign and Malignant Breast Thermograms, M. Etehadtavakol, E. Y. K. Ng, Caro Lucas, and S. SadriThe Role of Thermal Monitoring in Cardiosurgery Interventions, Antoni Nowakowski, Mariusz Kaczmarek, and Jan RogowskiPhysiology-Based Face Recognition in the Thermal Infrared Spectrum, Pradeep Buddharaju and Ioannis PavlidisNoninvasive Infrared Imaging for Functional Monitoring of Disease Processes, Moinuddin Hassan, Jana Kainerstorfer, Victor Chernomordik, Abby Vogel, Israel Gannot, Richard F. Little, Robert Yarchoan, and Amir H. GandjbakhcheBiomedical Applications of Functional Infrared Imaging, Arcangelo Merla and Gian Luca RomaniModeling Infrared Imaging Data for the Assessment of Functional Impairment in Thermoregulatory Processes, Alessandro Mariotti and Arcangelo MerlaInfrared Thermal Imaging Standards for Human Fever Detection, Francis J. Ring and E.Y.K. NgThermal Imager as Fever Identification Tool for Infectious Diseases Outbreak, E.Y.K. NgThermal Imaging in Diseases of the Skeletal and Neuromuscular Systems, Francis E. Ring and Kurt AmmerFunctional Infrared Imaging in the Evaluation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Type I: Current Pathophysiological Concepts, Methodology, Case Studies, and Clinical Implications, Timothy D. Conwell and James GiordanoThermal Imaging in Surgery, Paul Campbell and Roderick ThomasThermal Signals and Cutaneous Circulation in Physiological Research and Reconstructive Surgery, David D. Pascoe, Louis de Weerd, James B. Mercer, Joshua E. Lane, and Sven WeumInfrared Imaging Applied to Dentistry, Barton M. GrattLaser Infrared Thermography of Biological Tissues, Alexander Sviridov and Andrey KondyurinUse of Infrared Imaging in Veterinary Medicine, Ram C. Purohit, Tracy A. Turner, and David D. PascoeStandard Procedures for Infrared Imaging in Medicine, Kurt Ammer and Francis E. RingStorage and Retrieval of Medical Infrared Images, Gerald SchaeferEthical Obligations in Infrared Imaging Research and Practice, James Giordano and Kim AbramsonIndex

Mary Diakides, Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson