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SM Journal Clinical and Medical Imaging

Infrared Imaging Tools for Diagnostic Applications in Dermatology

[ ISSN : 3068-000X ]

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Received: 29-Nov-2015

Accepted: 03-Nov-2015

Published: 20-Nov-2015

Review Article | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Abhijit Achyut Gurjarpadhye1,2, Mansi Bharat Parekh1, Arita Dubnika1,3, Jayakumar Rajadas1,4, Mohammed Inayathullah1,5*

1Biomaterials and Advanced Drug Delivery Laboratory, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

2Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

3Riga Technical University, Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Institute of General Chemical Engineering, Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations and Development Centre, Latvia

4Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

5Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

Corresponding Author:

Mohammed Inayathullah, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA, Tel: 650-724-7710, Fax: 650-721-4651

Keywords

Skin, Skin cancer, Burn wounds, Infrared imaging, Thermograph, Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

Abstract

Infrared (IR) imaging is a collection of non-invasive imaging techniques that utilize the IR domain of the electromagnetic spectrum for tissue assessment. A subset of these techniques construct images using back reflected light, while other techniques rely on detection of IR radiation emitted by the tissue as a result of its temperature. Modern IR detectors sense thermal emissions and produce a heat map of surface temperature distribution in tissues. Thus, the IR spectrum offers a variety of imaging applications particularly useful in clinical diagnostic area, ranging from high-resolution, depth-resolved visualization of tissue to temperature variation assessment. These techniques have been helpful in the diagnosis of many medical conditions including skin/ breast cancer, arthritis, allergy, burns, and others. In this review, we discuss current roles of IR-imaging techniques for diagnostic applications in dermatology with an emphasis on skin cancer, allergies, blisters, burns and wounds.

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Gurjarpadhye AA, Parekh MB, Dubnika A, Rajadas J and Inayathullah M. Infrared Imaging Tools for Diagnostic Applications in Dermatology. SM J Clin. Med. Imaging. 2015; 1(1): 1001.