Remote sensing of multiple vital signs using a CMOS camera-equipped infrared thermography system and its clinical application in rapidly screening patients with suspected infectious diseases | Zendy

Guanghao Sun | Zendy; Yosuke Nakayama | Zendy; Sumiyakhand Dagdanpurev | Zendy; Shigeto Abe | Zendy; Hidekazu Nishimura | Zendy; Tetsuo Kirimoto | Zendy; Takemi Matsui | Zendy

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Remote sensing of multiple vital signs using a CMOS camera-equipped infrared thermography system and its clinical application in rapidly screening patients with suspected infectious diseases

Author(s) -

Guanghao Sun,

Yosuke Nakayama,

Sumiyakhand Dagdanpurev,

Shigeto Abe,

Hidekazu Nishimura,

Tetsuo Kirimoto,

Takemi Matsui

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.01.007

Subject(s) - vital signs , thermography , medicine , radiology , infrared , physics , optics

Infrared thermography (IRT) is used to screen febrile passengers at international airports, but it suffers from low sensitivity. This study explored the application of a combined visible and thermal image processing approach that uses a CMOS camera equipped with IRT to remotely sense multiple vital signs and screen patients with suspected infectious diseases.

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