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Thermal image analysis using the serpentine method

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Robert Koprowski *
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Sławomir Wilczyński
DOI:10.1016/j.infrared.2017.12.019delete
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Thermal imaging is an increasingly widespread alternative to other imaging methods. As a supplementary method in diagnostics, it can be used both statically and with dynamic temperature changes. The paper proposes a new image analysis method that allows for the acquisition of new diagnostic information as well as object segmentation. The proposed serpentine analysis uses known and new methods of image analysis and processing proposed by the authors. Affine transformations of an image and subsequent Fourier analysis provide a new diagnostic quality. The method is fully repeatable and automatic and independent of inter-individual variability in patients. The segmentation results are by 10% better than those obtained from the watershed method and the hybrid segmentation method based on the Canny detector. The first and second harmonics of serpentine analysis enable to determine the type of temperature changes in the region of interest (gradient, number of heat sources etc.). The presented serpentine method provides new quantitative information on thermal imaging and more. Since it allows for image segmentation and designation of contact points of two and more heat sources (local minimum), it can be used to support medical diagnostics in many areas of medicine. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Image processing
Serpentine method
Thermovision
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Infrared Physics and Technology
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University of Silesia in Katowice
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Medical University Silesia
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