Vasculitis is a clinical condition with associated diagnostic challenges due to nonspecific symptoms and lack of a confirmatory imaging modality. We report a case of a 39-year-old female patient who developed generalized malaise, lethargy, and headache. Laboratory evaluation showed elevated inflammatory markers. Conventional imaging studies including computed tomography and carotid duplex ultra...

The inspection of aerospace materials such as composites, honeycomb structures, ceramics and GLARE has been the subject of many studies in the NonDestructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E) community. Active thermography techniques have shown to be an interesting alternative or complementary to other classical NDT&E techniques. Nevertheless, the different techniques perform differently depending...

Macropores and water flow in soils and substrates are complex and are related to topics like preferential flow, nonequilibrium flow, and dual-continuum. Hence, the quantification of the number of macropores and the determination of their geometry are expected to provide a better understanding on the effects of pores on the soil's physical and hydraulic properties. This exploratory study aimed a...

Vespine wasps are known for their high endothermic capacity. Endothermic activity is directly linked to respiration. However, knowledge on wasp respiration is sparse and almost nothing is known about their resting metabolism. We investigated the yellowjackets' CO(2) production in a flow-through respirometer chamber overnight. Endothermic and behavioral activity was observed by real-time infrare...

Abstract Human being cannot maintain her life in the earth without air and water. Especially, the nature of water has not been evident even now from scientific viewpoint. It has been reported that it is strongly influenced by the shape of cluster of water molecule, which depends upon water’s surroundings such as light, sound, magnet, heat, etc. This study clarifies the behaviors on fluctuating ...

Thermal imaging has been used for early breast cancer detection and risk prediction since the sixties. Examining thermograms for abnormal hyperthermia and hyper-vascularity patterns related to tumor growth is done by comparing images of contralateral breasts. Analysis can be tedious and challenging if the differences are subtle. The advanced computer technology available today can be utilized t...

This paper reviews the most dependable heat flux sensors, which can be used with InfraRed (IR) thermography to measure convective heat transfer coefficient distributions, and some of their applications performed by the authors' research group at the University of Naples Federico II. After recalling the basic principles that make IR thermography work, the various heat flux sensors to be used wit...

Obstructions in the lacrimal pathways quite often require accurate and reliable image scanning for confirmation and documentation. Infrared thermal imaging, known as thermography, is a resource that complements diagnosis; it does not require touching the patient or applying contrast materials and has been used in various medical procedures for decades. However, there have been few studies in th...

In recent years, a technique known as thermography has been again seriously considered as a complementary tool for the pre-diagnosis of breast cancer. In this paper, we explore the predictive value of thermographic atributes, from a database containing 98 cases of patients with suspicion of having breast cancer, using Bayesian networks. Each patient has corresponding results for different diagn...

BACKGROUND During middle ear surgery manipulations like burring, cooling with water, suction or even screwing cause changes of temperature which should be known to the surgeon. METHOD An infrared thermovision device was introduced for registration. RESULTS Thermography is an easy way for continuously recording thermic effects during surgery. If sufficient cooling is guaranteed, no temperatu...