Differences in thermal optical response between intact diabetic and nondiabetic human skin

Shu-Jen Yeh; Charles F. Hanna; Stan Kantor; Ronald Hohs; Omar S. Khalil

doi:10.1117/12.476146

22 July 2003 Differences in thermal optical response between intact diabetic and nondiabetic human skin

Shu-Jen Yeh, Charles F. Hanna, Stan Kantor, Ronald Hohs, Omar S. Khalil

Proceedings Volume 4958, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476146
Event: Biomedical Optics, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We observed a difference in the thermal response of localized reflectance signal of human skin between type-2 diabetic and non-diabetic volunteers. We investigated the use of this thermo-optical behavior as a basis for a non-invasive method for the determination of the diabetic status of a subject. We used a two-site temperature differential method, which is predicated upon the measurement of localized reflectance from two areas on the surface of the skin, each of these areas is subjected to a different thermal perturbation. The response of skin localized reflectance to temperature was measured and used in a classification algorithm. We used a discriminant function to classify subjects as diabetics or non-diabetics. In a prediction set of 24 non-invasive tests collected from 6 diabetics and 6 non-diabetics, the sensitivity ranged between 73% and 100%, and the specificity ranged between 75% and 100%, depending on the thermal conditions and probe-skin contact time. The difference in thermo-optical response of the skin of the two groups may be explained in terms of difference in response of cutaneous microcirculation to temperature, which is manifested as a difference in the near infrared light absorption and scattering. Another factor is the difference in the temperature response of the scattering coefficient between the two groups, which may be caused by cutaneous structural differences induced by non-enzymatic glycation of skin protein fibers, and/or by the difference in blood cell aggregation.

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Shu-Jen Yeh, Charles F. Hanna, Stan Kantor, Ronald Hohs, and Omar S. Khalil "Differences in thermal optical response between intact diabetic and nondiabetic human skin", Proc. SPIE 4958, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems, (22 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.476146

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