Trial reportJournal of biomedical optics2018
Thermal imaging as a tool for evaluating tumor treatment efficacy.
Trial report in Journal of biomedical optics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing the Health and Functionality of the Microcirculation Using Thermal Imaging.Journal of biophotonics · 2026Review
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- Healthcare delivery in the arctic-telehealth prospects.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Review
- Clinical research framework proposal for ketogenic metabolic therapy in glioblastoma.BMC medicine · 2024Review
- An Anatomical Thermal 3D Model in Preclinical Research: Combining CT and Thermal Images.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Non-invasive thermal imaging of cardiac remodeling in mice.Biomedical optics express · 2019Article
- Dressings cut to shape alleviate facial tissue loads while using an oxygen mask.International wound journal · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the Western world. Thermography is a nonionizing, noninvasive, portable, and low-cost method that can be used in an outpatient clinic. It was tried as a tool to detect breast cancer tumors, however, it had too many false readings. Thermography has been extensively studied as a breast cancer detection tool but was not used as a treatment monitoring tool. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of using thermal imaging as a feedback system to optimize radiation therapy. Patients were imaged with a thermal camera prior and throughout the radiotherapy sessions. At the end of the session, the images were analyzed for temporal vasculature changes through vessels segmentation image processing tools. Tumors that were not responsive to treatment were observed before the radiation therapy sessions were concluded. Assessing the efficacy of radiotherapy during treatment makes it possible to change the treatment regimen, dose, and radiation field during treatment as well as to individualize treatment schedules to optimize treatment effectiveness.
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