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<italic>Introduction:</italic> World statistics confirmed that about 40-50% of men and 50-55% of women suffer from chronic venous disease. Currently, the Duplex ultrasound is the leading diagnostic method for chronic venous disease (CVD), but it has some limitations. Therefore, it is important to find a new diagnostic technique that will provide additional parameters, describing not only structural but also early metabolic and functional changes.
<italic>Materials and Methods:</italic> This study aimed to demonstrate the usefulness of the thermal imaging technique in the diagnosis of chronic venous disease. Results were obtained for two groups: 61 patients suffering from the primary chronic venous disease (CVD group) and 30 healthy people (control group). The obtained results compared the thermal imaging parameters to data obtained from the ultrasound examination. Parameters such as the reflux duration and extent of the CEAP classification were correlated with the mean temperature of the limb, the mean temperature of the lesion (determined using two methods), and the thermal range. Based on data obtained during the study, correlation coefficients were calculated for individual parameters.
<italic>Results:</italic> The results obtained show that the mean limb temperature, and especially the mean temperature of a proposed isothermal area, is significantly correlated with the range of reflux. The conducted tests showed the correlation between some thermal and ultrasonic parameters determined by Spearman's coefficient is 0.4 (p &lt; 0.05).
<italic>Conclusions:</italic> Thus, parameters such as the isothermal area and the thermal range may be used as a preliminary quantitative diagnosis, similarly to those derived from the Duplex ultrasound.
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Introduction: World statistics confirmed that about 40-50% of men and 50-55% of women suffer from chronic venous disease. Currently, the Duplex ultrasound is the leading diagnostic method for chronic venous disease (CVD), but it has some limitations. Therefore, it is important to find a new diagnostic technique that will provide additional parameters, describing not only structural but also early metabolic and functional changes.
Materials and Methods: This study aimed to demonstrate the usefulness of the thermal imaging technique in the diagnosis of chronic venous disease. Results were obtained for two groups: 61 patients suffering from the primary chronic venous disease (CVD group) and 30 healthy people (control group). The obtained results compared the thermal imaging parameters to data obtained from the ultrasound examination. Parameters such as the reflux duration and extent of the CEAP classification were correlated with the mean temperature of the limb, the mean temperature of the lesion (determined using two methods), and the thermal range. Based on data obtained during the study, correlation coefficients were calculated for individual parameters.
Results: The results obtained show that the mean limb temperature, and especially the mean temperature of a proposed isothermal area, is significantly correlated with the range of reflux. The conducted tests showed the correlation between some thermal and ultrasonic parameters determined by Spearman's coefficient is 0.4 (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Thus, parameters such as the isothermal area and the thermal range may be used as a preliminary quantitative diagnosis, similarly to those derived from the Duplex ultrasound.

May thermal imaging be useful in early diagnosis of lower extremities chronic venous disease?

Department of Internal Medicine, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze

Department of Physical Medicine, Chair of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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Introduction: World statistics confirmed that about 40-50% of men and 50-55% of women suffer from chronic venous disease. Currently, the Duplex ultrasound is...

May thermal imaging be useful in early diagnosis of lower extremities chronic venous disease?

Published Online: Mar 18, 2023

Page range: 73 - 84

Received: Nov 18, 2022

Accepted: Feb 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2023-0009

Keywords
chronic venous disease, thermal imaging, thermovision, diagnostic tool

© 2023 Joanna Kajewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

May thermal imaging be useful in early diagnosis of lower extremities chronic venous disease?

Published Online: Mar 18, 2023

Page range: 73 - 84

Received: Nov 18, 2022

Accepted: Feb 24, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2023-0009

Keywordschronic venous disease, thermal imaging, thermovision, diagnostic tool

© 2023 Joanna Kajewska et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
chronic venous disease, thermal imaging, thermovision, diagnostic tool