Medical infrared thermal imaging of syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Autor: M. Larkin, C. Loughin, D. Marino, C. Dewey, S. Umbaugh, J. Sackman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: BMC Veterinary Research, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02354-y
Popis: Abstract Background Medical infrared thermal imaging (MITI) is a non-invasive imaging modality gaining popularity in the veterinary field. An infrared camera captures emission of heat and creates a color map in the form of a thermogram. Topical heat emission is influenced by localized disease processes as a result of autonomic nervous system imbalance. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of using thermography to identify changes in thermographic patterns associated with syringomyelia (SM) presence or absence in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS) with Chiari-like Malformation (CLM). Results In CKCS with CLM, MITI was most accurate at a texture distance of 6. Optimizing imaging feature sets produced a highest accuracy of 69.9% (95% CI: 59.5–79.0%), with 81.3% sensitivity and 57.8% specificity for identifying the presence of syringomyelia. Conclusion Thermographic image analysis is a successful non-invasive, diagnostic test that can be used to screen for syringomyelia presence in a CKCS with CLM.
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