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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

3D Multi-Modality Medical Imaging: Combining Anatomical and Infrared Thermal Images for 3D Reconstruction.

Mauren Abreu de Souza, Daoana Carolaine Alka Cordeiro, Jonathan de Oliveira, Mateus Ferro Antunes de Oliveira, Beatriz Leandro Bonafini

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Non-invasive infrared thermography for screening, diagnosis and monitoring of skin cancer.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mauren Abreu de SouzaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde (PPGTS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6137-918X
Daoana Carolaine Alka CordeiroPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde (PPGTS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7130-7697
Jonathan de OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde (PPGTS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-7216-0666
Mateus Ferro Antunes de OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde (PPGTS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5998-900X
Beatriz Leandro BonafiniPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Tecnologia em Saúde (PPGTS), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0885-2411

Funding

Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior 23038.002643/2018-01National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 432038/2016-7
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical thermography provides an overview of the human body with two-dimensional (2D) information that assists the identification of temperature changes, based on the analysis of surface distribution. However, this approach lacks spatial depth information, which can be enhanced by adding multiple images or three-dimensional (3D) systems. Therefore, the methodology applied for this paper generates a 3D point cloud (from thermal infrared images), a 3D geometry model (from CT images), and the segmented inner anatomical structures. Thus, the following computational processing was employed: Structure from Motion (SfM), image registration, and alignment (affine transformation) between the 3D models obtained to combine and unify them. This paper presents the 3D reconstruction and visualization of the respective geometry of the neck/bust and inner anatomical structures (thyroid, trachea, veins, and arteries). Additionally, it shows the whole 3D thermal geometry in different anatomical sections (i.e., coronal, sagittal, and axial), allowing it to be further examined by a medical team, improving pathological assessments. The generation of 3D thermal anatomy models allows for a combined visualization, i.e., functional and anatomical images of the neck region, achieving encouraging results. These 3D models bring correlation of the inner and outer regions, which could improve biomedical applications and future diagnosis with such a methodology.

Indexed as

Imaging, Three-DimensionalModels, AnatomicArteriesHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMotion3D models3D reconstruction3D thermo-scan3D visualizationanatomy imagesinfrared imagesthyroid

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PMID36772650
PMCPMC9919921

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