High-end versus Low-end Thermal Imaging for Detection of Arterial Perforators.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thermal imaging was first reported as a method for detection of arterial perforators in 1968 and has since been shown to be an extremely accurate way to assess perforators with an audible Doppler signal, using high-end professional thermal cameras. This technology has recently become easily accessible with the advent of smartphone-compatible, low-end thermal cameras. Several groups have reported on the use of these devices in the pre-, intra-, and postoperative phase, yet there have been few attempts to validate them against existing methods or compare them with high-end thermal cameras.

Methods

The aim of this study was to compare a low-end smartphone-compatible thermal camera, the FLIR ONE Pro (ONEPro), priced US $400, with a high-end thermal camera the FLIR A35

SUBMITTER: Obinah MPB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7647503 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature