Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
877332 Medical Engineering & Physics 2006 9 Pages PDF
Abstract

BackgroundThe need of the reliable continuous monitoring of temperature is rising in many clinical applications. Today the use of thermography has become central for instance in the analysis of breast cancer, for the survey of inflammatory processes and certain skin areas during physical exercise. The core of the problem is the development of an ad hoc instrument, because traditional methodologies such as infrared and liquid crystals are no longer suitable.Material and methodsWe developed a dedicated simulation set-up using Matlab R12 procedures (The Mathworks, USA) and P-spice models (Interlink, USA). We simulated the realisation and use of three different equipment configurations for thermography, one based on PTC sensors, another on thermocouples, a third one on specific integrated silicon components. We also bench tested one prototype.ResultsThe results showed the feasibility of the realisation of the instrument and the validity of the data obtained by means of the simulation.

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