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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Assessment of Registration Methods for Thermal Infrared and Visible Images for Diabetic Foot Monitoring.

Sara González-Pérez, Daniel Perea Ström, Natalia Arteaga-Marrero, Carlos Luque, Ignacio Sidrach-Cardona, Enrique Villa, Juan Ruiz-Alzola

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Use of thermal imaging in the detection of the diabetic foot- review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sara González-PérezIndustrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7830-4248
Daniel Perea StrömComputer Science and Systems Department, University of La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1838-5327
Natalia Arteaga-MarreroIACTEC Medical Technology Group, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1645-0810
Carlos LuqueIACTEC Medical Technology Group, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Ignacio Sidrach-CardonaIACTEC Medical Technology Group, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2865-0553
Enrique VillaIACTEC Medical Technology Group, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1028-6957
Juan Ruiz-AlzolaIACTEC Medical Technology Group, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), 38205 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3545-2328
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias · ESUniversidad de La Laguna · ESUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ES

Funding

Cabildo de Tenerife TF INNOVA 2016-2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents a revision of four different registration methods for thermal infrared and visible images captured by a camera-based prototype for the remote monitoring of diabetic foot. This prototype uses low cost and off-the-shelf available sensors in thermal infrared and visible spectra. Four different methods (Geometric Optical Translation, Homography, Iterative Closest Point, and Affine transform with Gradient Descent) have been implemented and analyzed for the registration of images obtained from both sensors. All four algorithms' performances were evaluated using the Simultaneous Truth and Performance Level Estimation (STAPLE) together with several overlap benchmarks as the Dice coefficient and the Jaccard index. The performance of the four methods has been analyzed with the subject at a fixed focal plane and also in the vicinity of this plane. The four registration algorithms provide suitable results both at the focal plane as well as outside of it within 50 mm margin. The obtained Dice coefficients are greater than 0.950 in all scenarios, well within the margins required for the application at hand. A discussion of the obtained results under different distances is presented along with an evaluation of its robustness under changing conditions.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootAlgorithmsFootHumansMonitoring, PhysiologicThermographyASGDdiabetic foothomographyICPmedical imagingregistrationthermography

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PMID33804926
PMCPMC8037427
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