ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Statistical Study on Human Temperature Measurement by Infrared Thermography.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Non-Contact Infrared Thermometers and Thermal Scanners for Human Body Temperature Monitoring: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
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- A Miniaturized Implantable Telemetry Biosensor for the Long-Term Dual-Modality Monitoring of Core Temperature and Locomotor Activity.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Colorimetric Thermography by a Long-Infrared Dual-Band Metalens.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Thermal Imaging of the Tongue Surface as a Predictive Method in the Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Low-Cost Wearable Device to Estimate Body Temperature Based on Wrist Temperature.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Simple Telemetry Sensor System for Monitoring Body Temperature in Rabbits-A Brief Report.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Measurement and Processing of Thermographic Data of Passing Persons for Epidemiological Purposes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Statistical Study on Human Temperature Measurement by Infrared Thermography.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Current State of Optical Sensors in Medical Wearables.Biosensors · 2022Review
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Abstract
Increased temperature in humans is the symptom of many infectious diseases and it is thus an important diagnostic tool. Infrared temperature measurement methods have been developed and applied over long periods due to their advantage of non-contact and fast measurements. This study deals with a statistical evaluation of the possibilities and limitations of infrared/thermographic human temperature measurement. A short review of the use of infrared temperature measurement in medical applications is provided. Experiments and statistics-based evaluation to confirm the expected accuracy and limits of thermography-based human temperature measurement are introduced. The results presented in this study show that the standard deviation of the thermographic measurement of the eyes maximum temperature was 0.4-0.9 °C and the mean values differences from the armpit measurement were up to 0.5 °C, based on the used IR camera, even though near ideal measurement conditions and permanent blackbody correction were used. It was also shown that a certain number of outliers must be assumed in such measurements. Extended analyses including simulations of true negative/false positive, sensitivity/specificity and receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves are presented. The statistical evaluation as well as the extended analyses show that maximum eyes temperature is more relevant than a forehead temperature examination.
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