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Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic

The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has shown that the use of a contact thermometer to verify the elevated body temperature of a suspected person carries a risk of spreading disease. The perfect solution seems to be the use of thermal imaging as a diagnostic method in fever evaluation. The aim of the rese...

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Autores principales: Gorczewska, Izabela, Szurko, Agnieszka, Kiełboń, Agnieszka, Stanek, Agata, Cholewka, Armand
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416511
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author Gorczewska, Izabela
Szurko, Agnieszka
Kiełboń, Agnieszka
Stanek, Agata
Cholewka, Armand
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Szurko, Agnieszka
Kiełboń, Agnieszka
Stanek, Agata
Cholewka, Armand
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description The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has shown that the use of a contact thermometer to verify the elevated body temperature of a suspected person carries a risk of spreading disease. The perfect solution seems to be the use of thermal imaging as a diagnostic method in fever evaluation. The aim of the research is to develop an algorithm for thermovision measurements in fever screening standards in the context of the impact of various weather conditions on the temperature of people entering the public institution. Each examined person had two thermal images of the face—AP and lateral projection. Using a T1020 FLIR thermal camera with a resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels; the mean temperature was measured from the area of the forehead, the maximum forehead, the corners of the eyes, the inside of the mouth and the external auditory canal temperature. On the other hand, using classic contact thermometers, the temperature in the armpit and ear was measured. The obtained preliminary results showed very strong and positive correlations between the temperature in the ear measured with an ear thermometer and the maximum, minimum and average forehead temperature. These correlations oscillate at approximately r = 0.6, but the highest value of Spearman coefficient was obtained for the mean temperature of the forehead. Moreover, high correlations were also obtained between the temperature in the ear, measured with an ear thermometer, and the maximum temperature in the corners of the eyes and in the ear, measured with a thermal imaging camera. These values were, respectively, r = 0.54, r = 0.65. In summarizing, remote body temperature measurement taken with a thermal camera can be useful in the assessment of the body’s core temperature.
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spelling pubmed-97792162022-12-23 Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic Gorczewska, Izabela Szurko, Agnieszka Kiełboń, Agnieszka Stanek, Agata Cholewka, Armand Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has shown that the use of a contact thermometer to verify the elevated body temperature of a suspected person carries a risk of spreading disease. The perfect solution seems to be the use of thermal imaging as a diagnostic method in fever evaluation. The aim of the research is to develop an algorithm for thermovision measurements in fever screening standards in the context of the impact of various weather conditions on the temperature of people entering the public institution. Each examined person had two thermal images of the face—AP and lateral projection. Using a T1020 FLIR thermal camera with a resolution of 1024 × 768 pixels; the mean temperature was measured from the area of the forehead, the maximum forehead, the corners of the eyes, the inside of the mouth and the external auditory canal temperature. On the other hand, using classic contact thermometers, the temperature in the armpit and ear was measured. The obtained preliminary results showed very strong and positive correlations between the temperature in the ear measured with an ear thermometer and the maximum, minimum and average forehead temperature. These correlations oscillate at approximately r = 0.6, but the highest value of Spearman coefficient was obtained for the mean temperature of the forehead. Moreover, high correlations were also obtained between the temperature in the ear, measured with an ear thermometer, and the maximum temperature in the corners of the eyes and in the ear, measured with a thermal imaging camera. These values were, respectively, r = 0.54, r = 0.65. In summarizing, remote body temperature measurement taken with a thermal camera can be useful in the assessment of the body’s core temperature. MDPI 2022-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9779216/ /pubmed/36554391 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416511 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title_full Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title_fullStr Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title_short Determination of Internal Temperature by Measuring the Temperature of the Body Surface Due to Environmental Physical Factors—First Study of Fever Screening in the COVID Pandemic
title_sort determination of internal temperature by measuring the temperature of the body surface due to environmental physical factors—first study of fever screening in the covid pandemic
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9779216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36554391
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416511
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