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Detection of cervical lymph node metastasis from oral cavity cancer using a non-radiating, noninvasive digital infrared thermal imaging system.
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Lightweight Statistical and Texture Feature Approach for Breast Thermogram Analysis.Journal of imaging · 2025Article
- Wearable device for axillary lymph node screening in breast cancer based on infrared thermography and artificial intelligence.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2025Article
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- Infrared thermography in clinical practice: a literature review.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Mapping the Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Analysis for Clinical Decision-Making in Dentistry: A Scoping Review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2024Article
- Metastatic Lymph Node Detection on Ultrasound Images Using YOLOv7 in Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2024Article
- Ultrasound Characteristics of Metastatic Occult Cervical Lymph Nodes in Early Tongue Cancer.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2023Article
- Establishing a Thermal Imaging Technology (IRT) Based System for Evaluating Rat Erectile Function.Sexual medicine · 2022Article
- Portable, handheld, and affordable blood perfusion imager for screening of subsurface cancer in resource-limited settings.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Medical Infrared Thermography in Odontogenic Facial Cellulitis as a Clinical Decision Support Tool. A Technical Note.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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- Estimating Departure Time Using Thermal Camera and Heat Traces Tracking Technique.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of a non-radiating, noninvasive infrared (IR) thermal imaging system in the detection of cervical lymph node metastasis from oral cavity cancer. In this prospective clinical trial, a total of 90 oral cavity cancer patients suspected of having cervical lymph node metastasis underwent IR imaging of the neck prior to neck dissection. Analysis of the IR images was performed by two methods: manual qualitative analysis and automatic analysis by an entropy-gradient support vector machine (EGSVM). The efficacies of the EGSVM-based infrared thermal imaging system and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) were compared by using the Noninferiority Testing. Compared with manual qualitative analysis, the EGSVM-based automatic analysis had a higher sensitivity (84.8% vs. 71.7%), specificity (77.3% vs. 72.7%), accuracy (81.1% vs. 72.2%), positive predictive value (79.6% vs. 73.3%) and negative predictive value (82.9% vs. 71.1%). The EGSVM-based infrared thermal imaging system was noninferior to contrast-enhanced CT (P < 0.05). The EGSVM-based infrared thermal imaging system showed a trend of higher sensitivity, whereas contrast-enhanced CT showed a trend of higher specificity. The EGSVM-based infrared thermal imaging system is a promising non-radiating, noninvasive tool for the detection of lymph node metastasis from oral cavity cancer.
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