Automated Region Extraction from Thermal Images for Peripheral Vascular Disease Monitoring

This work develops a method for automatically extracting temperature data from prespecified anatomical regions of interest from thermal images of human hands, feet, and shins for the monitoring of peripheral arterial disease in diabetic patients. Binarisation, morphological operations, and geometric...

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Main Authors: Jean Gauci, Owen Falzon, Cynthia Formosa, Alfred Gatt, Christian Ellul, Stephen Mizzi, Anabelle Mizzi, Cassandra Sturgeon Delia, Kevin Cassar, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Kenneth P. Camilleri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5092064