Research Progress of Early Disease Detection Technology Based on Infrared Thermography

Mingzhu Zhao; Yan Zhang; Yingyan Zhu

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.0800002

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 8, 0800002(2021)

Research Progress of Early Disease Detection Technology Based on Infrared Thermography

Mingzhu Zhao¹, Yan Zhang^1,2、*, and Yingyan Zhu¹

Author Affiliations

¹College of Big Data and Information Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang,Guizhou 550025, China

²Research Center of Nondestructive Testing for Agricultural Products, Guiyang University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550005,China

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Fig. 1. Workflow of infrared thermal imaging detection system

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Fig. 2. Infrared thermograms of breast masses^[6]. (a)Patient with invasive ductal carcinoma; (b)patient with fibroadenoma; (c)patient with cyst

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Fig. 3. Skin cancer detection algorithm block diagram

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Fig. 4. Comparison of infrared thermograms of hands in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome^[12].(a)Before operation; (b)after operation;(c)healthy volunteer

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Fig. 5. Process of myocardial ischemic pre-diagnosis based on infrared imaging data^[21]

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Fig. 6. Infrared thermograms of face.(a)Patient with left-sided peripheral facial paralysis;(b)patient with central facial paralysis;(c)healthy volunteer

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Fig. 7. Basic structure diagram of convolutional neural network

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Table 1. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions less than 2 cm in diameter (n=853)^{[18]View table
Table 1. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions less than 2 cm in diameter (n=853)^{[18]Item Pathological examination Accuracy/% Sensitivity/% Specificity/%
Malignant Benign
Mammography
Malignant 59 19 96.1 80.8 97.6
Benign 14 761
Color Doppler ultrasonography
Malignant 63 26 95.8 86.3 96.6
Benign 10 754
Far-infrared thermography
Malignant 66 17 97.1 90.4 97.8
Benign 7 763}}

Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)^[18]

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Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)^[18]

Item	Pathological examination		Accuracy/%	Sensitivity/%	Specificity/%
Item	Malignant	Benign	Accuracy/%	Sensitivity/%	Specificity/%
Mammography
Malignant	354	116	85.0	84.9	85.1
Benign	63	660	85.0	84.9	85.1
Color Doppler ultrasonography
Malignant	396	78	91.7	95.0	90.0
Benign	21	698	91.7	95.0	90.0
Far-infrared thermography
Malignant	375	39	93.2	90.0	95.0
Benign	42	737	93.2	90.0	95.0

Table 3. Comparison of breast cancer classification results based on differential thermal images
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Table 3. Comparison of breast cancer classification results based on differential thermal images
Item Accuracy/% Sensitivity/% Specificity/%
Original images
CNN 62.8 23.9 100
Differential thermal images
CNN 73.4 97.8 65.2
AdaBoost 87.2 91.3 83.3

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Category: Reviews

Received: Aug. 17, 2020

Accepted: Sep. 15, 2020

Published Online: Apr. 12, 2021

The Author Email: Yan Zhang (Eileen_zy001@sohu.com)

DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0800002

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Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)[18]

Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)[18]

Table 3. Comparison of breast cancer classification results based on differential thermal images

Table 3. Comparison of breast cancer classification results based on differential thermal images

Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)^[18]

Table 2. Comparison of mammography, ultrasonography, and far-infrared thermography in the diagnosis of breast lesions large than 2 cm in diameter (n=1193)^[18]