Infrared dermal thermography on diabetic feet soles to predict ulcerations: a case study

Chanjuan Liu; Ferdi van der Heijden; Marvin E. Klein; Jeff G. van Baal; Sicco A. Bus; Jaap J. van Netten

doi:10.1117/12.2001807

22 March 2013 Infrared dermal thermography on diabetic feet soles to predict ulcerations: a case study

Chanjuan Liu, Ferdi van der Heijden, Marvin E. Klein, Jeff G. van Baal, Sicco A. Bus, Jaap J. van Netten

Proceedings Volume 8572, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems XI; 85720N (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001807
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulceration is a major complication for patients with diabetes mellitus. If not adequately treated, these ulcers may lead to foot infection, and ultimately to lower extremity amputation, which imposes a major burden to society and great loss in health-related quality of life for patients. Early identification and subsequent preventive treatment have proven useful to limit the incidence of foot ulcers and lower extremity amputation. Thus, the development of new diagnosis tools has become an attractive option. The ultimate objective of our project is to develop an intelligent telemedicine monitoring system for frequent examination on patients’ feet, to timely detect pre-signs of ulceration. Inflammation in diabetic feet can be an early and predictive warning sign for ulceration, and temperature has been proven to be a vicarious marker for inflammation. Studies have indicated that infrared dermal thermography of foot soles can be one of the important parameters for assessing the risk of diabetic foot ulceration. This paper covers the feasibility study of using an infrared camera, FLIR SC305, in our setup, to acquire the spatial thermal distribution on the feet soles. With the obtained thermal images, automated detection through image analysis was performed to identify the abnormal increased/decreased temperature and assess the risk for ulceration. The thermography for feet soles of patients with diagnosed diabetic foot complications were acquired before the ordinary foot examinations. Assessment from clinicians and thermography were compared and follow-up measurements were performed to investigate the prediction. A preliminary case study will be presented, indicating that dermal thermography in our proposed setup can be a screening modality to timely detect pre-signs of ulceration.

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Chanjuan Liu, Ferdi van der Heijden, Marvin E. Klein, Jeff G. van Baal, Sicco A. Bus, and Jaap J. van Netten "Infrared dermal thermography on diabetic feet soles to predict ulcerations: a case study", Proc. SPIE 8572, Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems XI, 85720N (22 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001807

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