Observational studyJournal of diabetes science and technology2013
Morphological pattern classification system for plantar thermography of patients with diabetes.
Observational study in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03989583 (Thermographic Analysis of Foot and Footwear in Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Thermographic Analysis of Foot and Footwear in Children
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Telehealth and telemedicine applications for the diabetic foot: A systematic review.Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews · 2020Pooled it
- An integrated design for segmentation and classification of diabetic foot ulcers using thermography images.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2026Article
- Use of thermal imaging in the detection of the diabetic foot- review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Data-Driven Clustering of Plantar Thermal Patterns in Healthy Individuals: An Insole-Based Approach to Foot Health Monitoring.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Update on the Use of Infrared Thermography in the Early Detection of Diabetic Foot Complications: A Bibliographic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A Novel Machine Learning Approach for Severity Classification of Diabetic Foot Complications Using Thermogram Images.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effectiveness of a Central Discharge Element Sock for Plantar Temperature Reduction and Improving Comfort.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Deep Learning Classification for Diabetic Foot Thermograms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Reliability of Infrared Thermography Images in the Analysis of the Plantar Surface Temperature in Diabetes Mellitus.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2018Article
- The thermoregulation of healthy individuals, overweight-obese, and diabetic from the plantar skin thermogram: a clue to predict the diabetic foot.Diabetic foot & ankle · 2017Review
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- Application of infrared thermography in computer aided diagnosis.Infrared physics & technology · 2014Review
- Current Use of Infrared Thermography in Orthopaedic and Bone or Joint Trauma Patients-Can We Identify Postoperative Infection? A Narrative Systematic Review.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionReview
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Abstract
backgroundA plantar temperature distribution can be obtained by thermography; however, the advantage has not been effectively utilized in the past. We previously proposed a classification method based on the angiosome concept, but the method was insufficient because it was too subjective and complicated for clinicians. In this study, we propose a new classification system of plantar forepart thermographic patterns using an image segmentation technique.
methodsA cross-sectional observational study was conducted including 32 healthy volunteers and 129 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Individual thermographic variations and trends were evaluated. A comparison was conducted between the patterns obtained by our previous angiosome-based research and the patterns found by the new classification system.
resultsThe system objectively found wider variations of the plantar forepart thermographic patterns in the patients with DM compared with those in the control subjects. In patients with DM, the system showed that the whole-high pattern was most frequent (46%), followed by the butterfly pattern (12%). In the control group, the butterfly pattern was most frequent (44%), followed by the whole-high pattern (19%). Both ankle and toe brachial indices were higher in feet with high temperature area in the inner side of the plantar.
conclusionsThermographic patterns found by the new computer-based system were similar to those obtained in our previous subjective work. The classification system found forefoot-low pattern and tiptoe-low pattern objectively. The system based on infrared thermography will be a screening tool to assess circulatory status in daily foot care of patients with DM.
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