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1.2 Chronology of Infrared Thermography Development |
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2 Thermographic Diagnostics |
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2.1.1 Development Stages in Thermographic Diagnostics |
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2.2 Technical Thermography |
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2.2.1 Thermography in Industry |
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2.2.2 Thermography in the Building Industry |
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2.2.3 Thermography in the Military |
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2.2.4 Thermography in the Energy Industry |
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20 | (2) |
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2.2.5 Thermography in Telecomunications |
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22 | (2) |
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2.2.6 Thermography in Research |
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24 | (1) |
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2.2.7 Thermography in Ecology |
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24 | (1) |
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2.2.8 Prospective Thermography Applications in Aviation |
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25 | (6) |
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3 Physical Nature of Thermography |
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3.1 The Principle of Human Thermoregulation |
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34 | (3) |
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35 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Thermoregulatory Mechanisms |
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36 | (1) |
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3.2 Physical Thermoregulation |
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37 | (2) |
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3.3 Metabolic Thermoregulation |
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39 | (1) |
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3.4 Central Thermoregulation |
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40 | (2) |
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3.5 Basic Mechanisms for Keeping Constant Body Temperature |
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42 | (1) |
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3.5.1 Heat Transport in an Organism |
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3.5.2 Direct Effects of Temperature on the Regulatory Actions |
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3.5.3 Thermoregulation in Connection with Body Activity |
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3.6.1 Basic Definitions and Principles of Detecting Infrared Radiation |
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51 | (2) |
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3.7 Principle of Infrared Thermography System Activity |
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53 | (2) |
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4 Thermography System Implementation in Practice |
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55 | (6) |
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4.1 Infrared Camera Setting before the Process of Measurement |
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55 | (6) |
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5 Methodology of Thermographic Measurement in Medicine |
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61 | (10) |
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5.1 Methodology of Ambience and Environment Preparation |
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61 | (2) |
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5.2 Methodology of the Imaging System Preparation |
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63 | (1) |
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5.2.1 Thermographic Camera Stabilization |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Somatometrics in Medical Applications of Thermographic Diagnostics |
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64 | (1) |
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5.3 Patient Preparation Methodology |
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64 | (3) |
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5.3.1 Instructions before the Thermographic Measurement |
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66 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Thermographic Measurement Questionnaire |
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66 | (1) |
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5.4 Report Creation Methodology |
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5.4.1 Analysis of the Thermographic Images |
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69 | (2) |
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6 Human Body Thermal Atlas |
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7 Thermographic Diagnostics Applied to Problematics of Paraplegia and Tetraplegia (Quadriplegia - Practical Study No. 1) |
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7.1 Paraplegia and Tetraplegia Characteristics |
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7.1.1 Spinal Cord Injury Classification |
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7.1.2 Spinal Cord Injury Statistics |
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84 | (2) |
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7.1.3 Thermoregulation of Patients after Spinal Cord Injury |
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7.2 Current Application of Thermographic Diagnostics in the Rehabilitation Process of Paraplegia and Tetraplegia Patients |
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88 | (1) |
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7.3 Methodology of Thermographic Measurement in Medicine Applied to the Problematics of Paraplegia and Tetraplegia |
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7.3.1 Subjects of Measurement and Their Preparation |
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89 | (3) |
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7.4 Hardware and Software Systems Used for Diagnostics |
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92 | (3) |
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7.5 Vicinity and Environment of the Experiment Implementation |
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95 | (2) |
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7.6 Processing and Analysis of Measured Sequences |
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7.7 Proposal of a Methodology for Thermographic Diagnostics of the Lower Limbs of Patients after a Spinal Cord Injury in the Rehabilitation Process |
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7.7.1 Methodology of Thermographic Measurements of the Surface Temperature of the Lower Limbs |
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7.7.2 The Methodology of Measurement in the Clinical Space (PATIENT-PM01) |
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7.7.3 Methodology for Healthy Individuals (AB04) |
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141 | (2) |
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7.8 Analysis of Temperature Distribution with the AB and SCI Patient Groups |
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7.8.1 Reference AB Group of Patients |
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143 | (6) |
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7.8.2 SCI Group of Patients |
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149 | (6) |
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7.9 Results of the Experimental Research and Measurements |
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155 | (2) |
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7.10 Benefits of the Study |
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157 | (2) |
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7.10.1 Benefits in the Area of Methodology |
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158 | (1) |
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7.10.2 Benefits in the Area of Clinical Research |
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158 | (1) |
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7.11 Conclusions of the Study |
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159 | (4) |
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8 Thermographic Diagnostics of the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Practical Study No. 2 |
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8.1 Application of Thermographic Diagnostics on the Area of the Distal Part of the Wirst |
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164 | (1) |
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8.2 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
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165 | (3) |
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8.3 Thermographic Measurement Methodology |
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168 | (5) |
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8.3.1 Methodology for Acquisition of IR Thermograms with a Thermographic Camera |
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170 | (3) |
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8.4 Input Data from RG and CTS Databases |
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173 | (1) |
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8.5 Significance of the Primary Hypothesis |
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174 | (9) |
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8.6 Significance of the Secondary Hypothesis |
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183 | (5) |
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8.7 Significance of Thermographic Diagnostics for CTS |
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188 | (2) |
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8.8 Benefits of the Study No. 2 |
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190 | (5) |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (8) |
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Annex No. 1 Table of Chosen Surfaces' Emissivity |
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195 | (2) |
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Annex No. 2 Principle of Infrared Camera Activity |
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197 | (1) |
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Annex No. 3 Sample of Thermograms from the RGD and RGP Database |
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198 | (1) |
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Annex No. 4 Sample of Thermograms from the CTSD and CTSP Database |
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199 | (2) |
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Annex No. 5 Advice on Thermographic Diagnostics |
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201 | (1) |
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Annex No. 6 Thermographic Measurement Questionnaire |
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202 | (1) |
References |
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Abbreviations |
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211 | (2) |
Glossary |
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213 | (2) |
List of Figures |
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215 | (6) |
List of Tables |
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