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ReviewJournal of imaging2021

Noncontact Sensing of Contagion.

Fatema-Tuz-Zohra Khanam, Loris A Chahl, Jaswant S Chahl, Ali Al-Naji, Asanka G Perera, Danyi Wang, Y H Lee, Titilayo T Ogunwa, Samuel Teague, Tran Xuan Bach Nguyen and 6 more

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Review in Journal of imaging, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fatema-Tuz-Zohra KhanamSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Loris A ChahlSchool of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia.
Jaswant S ChahlThe Chahl Medical Practice, P.O. Box 2300, Dangar, NSW 2309, Australia.
Ali Al-NajiSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8840-9235
Asanka G PereraSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4021-3943
Danyi WangSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Y H LeeSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Titilayo T OgunwaSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Samuel TeagueSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Tran Xuan Bach NguyenSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Timothy D McIntyreSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Simon P PegoliSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Yiting TaoSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
John L McGuireSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Jasmine HuynhSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.
Javaan ChahlSchool of Engineering, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6496-0543
University of South Australia · AUDefence Science and Technology Group · AUUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. We review and reduce the clinical literature on diagnosis of COVID-19 through symptoms that might be remotely detected as of early May 2020. Vital signs associated with respiratory distress and fever, coughing, and visible infections have been reported. Fever screening by temperature monitoring is currently popular. However, improved noncontact detection is sought. Vital signs including heart rate and respiratory rate are affected by the condition. Cough, fatigue, and visible infections are also reported as common symptoms. There are non-contact methods for measuring vital signs remotely that have been shown to have acceptable accuracy, reliability, and practicality in some settings. Each has its pros and cons and may perform well in some challenges but be inadequate in others. Our review shows that visible spectrum and thermal spectrum cameras offer the best options for truly noncontact sensing of those studied to date, thermal cameras due to their potential to measure all likely symptoms on a single camera, especially temperature, and video cameras due to their availability, cost, adaptability, and compatibility. Substantial supply chain disruptions during the pandemic and the widespread nature of the problem means that cost-effectiveness and availability are important considerations.

Indexed as

COVID-19remote sensorthermal camera imagingvideo camera imagingvital signs

Identifiers

PMID34460627
PMCPMC8321279
OpenAlexW3127429202

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Registered trials

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