Quantification of the thermal signature of a melanoma lesion

MP Çetingül, C Herman - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2011 - Elsevier
Melanomas are cancerous skin lesions that are notorious for their ability to metastasize at a
relatively early stage of development. The key to improved survival in all affected individuals …

Quantitative visualization and detection of skin cancer using dynamic thermal imaging

C Herman, MP Cetingul - Journal of visualized experiments …, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2010 approximately 68,720 melanomas will be diagnosed in the US alone, with around
8,650 resulting in death 1. To date, the only effective treatment for melanoma remains …

Inverse method for quantitative characterisation of breast tumours from surface temperature data

R Hatwar, C Herman - International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: We introduce a computational method to simultaneously estimate size, location
and blood perfusion of the cancerous breast lesion from the surface temperature data …

Three-dimensional thermal imaging for the detection of skin lesions and other natural and abnormal conditions

C Herman - US Patent 8,923,954, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A thermal imaging system includes a data processing system and a
geometrical scanning system constructed to communi cate with the data processing system …

The assessment of melanoma risk using the dynamic infrared imaging technique

M Pirtini Çetingül, C Herman - 2011 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Each year more than 53,600 people learn
that they have melanoma, and around 8700 people die from melanoma in the United States …

Intelligent detection of melanoma growth stage based on the analysis of the thermal response of skin

F Khosravi, MRS Noorani… - International Journal of …, 2020 - inderscienceonline.com
In response to a thermal stimulation, skin tumours produce different temperature variations
in comparison with healthy tissues. In this paper, we exploit this fact to design an intelligent …

Improving Quantitative Infrared Imaging for Medical Diagnostic Applications

TY Cheng - 2015 - jscholarship.library.jhu.edu
Infrared (IR) thermography is a non-ionizing and non-invasive imaging modality that allows
the measurement of the spatial and temporal variations of the infrared radiation emitted by …

APPLICATIONS OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ANALYSIS IN BIO-MEDICINE AND MATERIALS

R Hatwar - 2017 - jscholarship.library.jhu.edu
Heat and mass transfer analysis has its application in various fields including automobile,
steam-electric power generation, energy systems, HVAC, electronic device cooling and in …