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ArticleActa informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH2023

The Role of Thermal Camera in the Assessment of Thyroid Eye Disease Activity.

Ante Prpic, Armin Kasumovic, Idoia Goñi Guarro, Ines Matoc, Gorana Mirosevic, Ognjen Zrinscak, Renata Ivekovic, Ivanka Petric Vickovic, Valentina Lacmanovic Loncar, Zoran Vatavuk and 1 more

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Article in Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Benefits of thermal imaging in orbital inflammation disorders.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ante PrpicDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Armin KasumovicDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Idoia Goñi GuarroDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ines MatocDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Gorana MirosevicClinic for Thyroid Diseases at the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases "Mladen Sekso", University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ognjen ZrinscakDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Renata IvekovicDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivanka Petric VickovicDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Valentina Lacmanovic LoncarDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Zoran VatavukDepartment of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Center Sestre Milosrdnice, Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivan SabolDivision of Molecular Medicine, Rudjer Bosković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Sisters of Charity Hospital · HRRudjer Boskovic Institute · HR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Thyroid eye disease (TED; also known as thyroid - associated orbitopathy, Graves ophthalmopathy) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease which presents in typical signs and symptoms such as deep orbital pain, chemosis with or without caruncular edema, unilateral or bilateral proptosis, eyelid retraction, eyelid edema or erythema, restrictive strabismus and compressive optic neuropathy. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of thermal camera in the assessment of thyroid eye disease (TED) activity compared to the Clinical Activity Score (CAS) scale, exophthalmometry values, and thyroid hormone and antibody levels. Methods: A total of 50 patients participated in this cross-sectional study of whom 29 were in the active phase of TED according to the sum on CAS scale and 21 patients in the inactive phase. The Flir E8® thermal camera was used to measure the temperature of the orbital area and the values were compared with the CAS scale, exophthalmometry values and thyroid hormone and antibody levels. Results: Higher values of temperature (p>0.0001), CAS score (p>0.0001), exophthalmometry (p=0.022), FT4 (p=0.0176) and TRAb (p=0.0091) were found in patients in the active phase of TED. Temperature of orbital area showed statistically significant positive correlation with CAS scale (p=0.0001), exophthalmometry values (p=0.0022) and anti-TPO levels (p=0.019). Conclusion: Thermal camera showed higher values of the temperature of the orbital area in patients in the active phase of the disease and positively correlated with the CAS scale, exophthalmometry findings and anti-TPO levels.

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Clinical Activity Scoreexophthalmometrythermal camerathyroid eye diseasethyroid hormones and antibodies

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PMCPMC10875954
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