METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE EMERGENCE OF A PRE-ULCER AND ITS PROGRESSION

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE EMERGENCE OF A PRE-ULCER AND ITS PROGRESSION

A method of monitoring a patient's foot forms a thermogram of the sole of at least one foot of the patient, and determines whether the thermogram presents at least one of a plurality of prescribed patterns. The method also compares the thermogram against a prior thermogram of the same foot, and...

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Hauptverfasser: GEBOFF, Adam, BLOOM, Jonathan, David, LINDERS, David, Robert, PETERSEN, Brian, Jude, ENGLER, Jeffrey, Mark, KALE, David Charles
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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COLORIMETRY
DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
MEASURING
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICS
RADIATION PYROMETRY
SURGERY
TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:A method of monitoring a patient's foot forms a thermogram of the sole of at least one foot of the patient, and determines whether the thermogram presents at least one of a plurality of prescribed patterns. The method also compares the thermogram against a prior thermogram of the same foot, and produces output information indicating the emergence of an ulcer on a given portion on the at least one foot as a function of 1) whether the thermogram is determined to present the at least one pattern, and 2) the comparison with the prior thermogram, which shows non-ulcerated tissue at the given location.