Naslov
Medical thermography (digital infrared thermal imaging – DITI) in paediatric forearm fractures: a pilot study

Autori
Ćurković, S. ; Antabak, Anko ; Halužan, Damir ; Luetić, Tomislav ; Prlić, Ivica ; Šiško, J.

Izvornik
Injury (0020-1383) 46 (2015), S6; 36-39

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
medical thermography ; DITI ; forearm fractures ; paediatric trauma

Sažetak
Trauma is the most common cause of hospitalisation in children, and forearm fractures comprise 35% of all paediatric fractures. One-third of forearm fractures are distal forearm fractures, which are the most common fractures in the paediatric population. This type of fracture represents an everyday problem for the paediatric surgeon. The three phases of fracture healing in paediatric trauma are associated with skin temperature changes that can be measured and then compared with standard plain radiographs of visible callus formation, and eventually these methods can be used in everyday practice. Thermographic assessment of temperature distribution within the examined tissues enables a quick, non-contact, non-invasive measurement of their temperature. Medical thermography is used as a screening method in other parts of medicine, but the use of this method in traumatology has still not been researched.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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Rad je izrađen u sklopu interno financiranog znanstveno istraživačkog projekta naziva "Termometrija, termografija i senzorika elektromagnetskog zračenja u medicini" Instituta za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada i Kliničkog bolničkog centra Zagreb

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