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Study on the Distribution Pattern of Skin Temperature in Normal Chinese and Detection of the Depth of Early Burn Wound by Infrared Thermography
Author(s) -
ZHU WEIPING,
XIN XIANGRONG
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07964.x
Subject(s) - thermography , skin temperature , infrared , significant difference , burn wound , nuclear medicine , medicine , biomedical engineering , surgery , materials science , wound healing , optics , physics
Objective Conduct basic research of the distribution pattern of skin temperature and estimate the wound depth in normal Chinese in the early stage of burn injury by using technical thermography. Methods (1) Two hundred twenty‐three volunteers from the electrical power system were randomly chosen: 138 males and 85 females, mean age 42.5 ± 8.8, and mean weight 65.37 ± 9.7 kg. (2) Thermovisionr 470 Pro camera of AGEMA Corporation, Sweden, was used. (3) A total of 29,882 values of skin temperature from all over the body were classified, compared, and statistically analyzed. Results The difference in temperature on the y‐axis of the body is relatively significant, from 0 to 9 °C. The difference in temperature on the x‐axis of the body is relatively invariable. Conclusions The depth of early burn wound can be detected by using infrared thermography, which is an objective, fast, nontouching, and noninvasive method.