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A method for visualization and monitoring of the laser polishing was developed using high-speed thermographic imaging. The preliminary analysis demonstrates correlation with different LP parameters suitability to process deep learning, optimization and control., CLEO: Applications and Technology, 2020, May 10-15, 2020, Washington, D.C.

International audience; Biofilms developed on historical heritage buildings are made of various microbial communities settled and anchored in a substrate. They provide a good medium to the development of macroscopic vegetation which causes irreversible and physical damage to stone structure. Infrared thermography (IRT) measurements have been performed in laboratory scale to investigate the applicability of this non-destructive technique to an early detection of microbial biofilms on stone surface. Detecting biofilms before stone soiling is important in Cultural Heritage conservation to avoid both irreversible damage and building restoration costs.Active IRT was set up on a French limestone used in many French buildings and monuments. Samples were collected after six-months of exposure in an outdoor biofouling test during which they were colonized by microbial biofilms. They have been compared with controls with no biofilm. Experimental set-up has been carried out in dry and damp conditions to simulate different climatic conditions. First results displayed a different thermal response: stone surfaces with biofilm reached higher temperatures and they cooled down faster than row stones. Biofilm entailed a change of the stone thermal behaviour similar to a monolayer. IRT detected biofilm with a better efficiency in dry than in damp condition.

In the present paper, mechanical characteristics of masonry wall covered with plaster are estimated by means of thermography. Masonry wall samples have been purposely built with different textures: periodic, quasi-periodic and random. All the samples are covered with plaster. By means of a thermographic camera, images have been taken and the texture have been estimated and compared to the exact ones. The elastic characteristics have been estimated by means of homogenization, imposing boundary conditions in terms of displacements and forces. The effect of different parameters involved in the response has been evaluated.

Ultrasonic scalpel (UC) and monopolar electrocautery (ME) are standard equipment for soft tissue surgery. The aim of the present study was to compare intraoperative and postoperative patterns of patients using either UC or ME for skin incisions in neck dissection. In a prospective randomized study of 30 patients, the thermal effects of UC (n = 15) and ME (n = 15) were examined using real-time infrared thermographic imaging. Additionally, tissue damage was evaluated histopathologically. The other measured variables were operation and bleeding time, postoperative pain score (only neck incision area), in-patient time, and complications. UC significantly reduces the thermal effects, compared to ME (p

Blueberries are prone to internal bruising damage during harvesting and postharvest handling. Accurate assessment of bruising damage improves profitability by allowing allocation of berries to appropriate product streams. The goal of this study was to develop a pulsed thermographic imaging system and explore its feasibility in non-destructively detecting bruised blueberries. In this paper, the design and construction of a pulsed thermographic imaging system was described. A total of 200 blueberry fruit samples from two southern highbush cultivars (Farthing and Meadowlark) were collected and bruising treatments were applied to half of the samples. Relevant features were extracted and were demonstrated to be significantly different between healthy and bruised fruit. Classification was performed using linear discriminant analysis, support vector machine, random forest, k-nearest-neighbors, and logistic regression classifiers. Accuracies of up to 88% and 79% were obtained for Farthing and Meadowlark berries, respectively. These results demonstrate the feasibility of pulsed thermography to discriminate between bruised and healthy blueberries.

Conventional diagnostic modalities for assessing arterial circulation or tissue perfusion include blood pressure measurement, ultrasound evaluation, and contrast-based angiographic assessment. An infrared thermal camera can detect infrared radiation energy from the human body, which generates a thermographic image to allow tissue perfusion analysis. We describe a smartphone-based miniature thermal imaging system that can be used as an adjunctive imaging modality to assess tissue perfusion. This smartphone-based camera device is noninvasive, simple to use, and cost-effective in assessing patients with lower extremity tissue perfusion. Assessment of patients with lower extremity arterial ischemia can be performed by a variety of diagnostic modalities, including ankle-brachial index, absolute systolic ankle or toe pressure, transcutaneous oximetry, arterial Doppler waveform, arterial duplex ultrasound, computed tomography scan, arterial angiography, and thermal imaging. We herein describe a noninvasive imaging modality using smartphone-based infrared thermography.

Objectives & Background Acute limp is a common presenting complaint in the paediatric emergency department. There are a number of possible causes of acute limp, ranging from the minor, such as traumatic injury, to more severe conditions, such as infection or malignancy. In young children, these causes are not always easily distinguished, even with the use of radiological imaging and laboratory investigations. With this pilot study, we aimed to develop an infrared thermographic imaging technique for use as a diagnostic aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of acute undifferentiated limp in young children. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to critically evaluate the effectiveness of thermal imaging in this context, whilst developing an appropriate protocol for an emergency environment. Methods Following NHS ethics approval, 30 children were recruited from the Sheffield Children9s Hospital ED. The participants were divided into groups based on diagnosis. Using an infrared camera, the lower limbs of the participants were imaged to record the skin surface temperature of both the affected side and unaffected side. Using predefined Regions of Interest (locations of thermographic measurement on the leg), any temperature difference between the two legs of each subject was recorded and the ability to isolate the specific region affected by injury was assessed. Results In all Regions of Interest assessed, the median temperature reading for the affected side was higher than that of the unaffected side. The ability of infrared thermography to isolate the specific region affected was evident on an individual basis, with particular case studies showing promise. The small sample size recruited for each group meant that tests of significant difference need to be interpreted in this context and further research is required to form clinically meaningful conclusions. Conclusion This pilot study has highlighted a number of potential avenues for future research into the use of thermographic imaging in an emergency setting. Repeating a similar study with a larger sample size will allow more credence to be given to the tests of significant difference. This study indicated that thermal imaging shows promise as an additional tool in the diagnosis and monitoring of acute undifferentiated limp in young children.

The discovery of brown adipose tissue (BAT) in adults has sparked interest in its role as a therapeutic target in metabolic disorders. Infrared thermography is a promising way to quantify BAT; however, a standardized methodology has not been established. This study aims to establish a standardized and reproducible protocol to measure thermal response to cold in the supraclavicular area using thermographic imaging. In Phase 1, we compared the thermal response to 12 °C cold after acclimation at either 32 °C or room temperature using thermographic imaging. Repeatability of the 32 °C acclimation trial was studied in a second group in Phase 2. Phase 1 included 28 men (mean age 23.9 ± 5.9 y; mean BMI 25.2 ± 3.9 kg/m2) and Phase 2 included 14 men (mean age 20.9 ± 2.4 y; mean BMI 23.6 ± 3.1 kg/m2). The thermal response was greater after 32 °C than after room temperature acclimation (0.22 ± 0.19 vs 0.13 ± 0.17 °C, p = 0.05), was not related to outdoor temperature (r = −0.35, p = 0.07), did not correlate with supraclavicular fat (r = −0.26, p = 0.21) measured with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and was repeatable [ICC 0.69 (0.14–0.72)]. Acclimation at 32 °C followed by cold generates a reproducible change in supraclavicular skin temperature measurable by thermal imaging that may be indicative of BAT metabolic activity.

The temperature of the forehead is known to be highly correlated with the internal body temperature. This area is widely used in thermal comfort systems, lie-detection systems, etc. However, there is a lack of tools to achieve the segmentation of the forehead using thermographic images and non-intrusive methods. In fact, this is usually segmented manually. This work proposes a simple and novel method to segment the forehead region and to extract the average temperature from this area solving this lack of non-user interaction tools. Our method is invariant to the position of the face, and other different morphologies even with the presence of external objects. The results provide an accuracy of 90% compared to the manual segmentation using the coefficient of Jaccard as a metric of similitude. Moreover, due to the simplicity of the proposed method, it can work with real-time constraints at 83 frames per second in embedded systems with low computational resources. Finally, a new dataset of thermal face images is presented, which includes some features which are difficult to find in other sets, such as glasses, beards, moustaches, breathing masks, and different neck rotations and flexions.

A termografia vem sendo proposta como uma ferramenta auxiliar no rastreio do câncer de mama. Essas imagens também são utilizadas na validação de simulações numéricas tridimensionais. A produção de um modelo mais realístico e personalizado possibilitaria uma estimativa mais precisa das propriedades termofísicas da mama. Este trabalho teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de uma metodologia para a produção de uma geometria tridimensional personalizada da mama a partir das curvas extraídas dos termogramas contidos no Banco de Dados de Imagens Termográficas da UFPE.

The existence of yawning across a diverse array of species has led many researchers to postulate its neurological significance. One hypothesis, which has garnered recent support, posits that yawns function to cool the brain by flushing hyperthermic blood away from the skull while simultaneously introducing a cooler arterial supply. The current study tested this hypothesis by examining how manipulations aimed at modifying carotid artery temperature, which in turn directly alters cranial temperature, influences contagious yawning in humans. Participants held either a warm (46 °C), cold (4 °C) or room temperature (22 °C) pack firmly to their neck, just over their carotid arteries, for a period of five minutes prior to watching a contagious yawning stimulus. Thermographic imaging verified that these manipulations produced predicted changes in temperature at the superomedial orbital area, a region previously used as a noninvasive measure of brain temperature (i.e., the brain temperature tunnel). As predicted by past research, both the urge to yawn and overall yawn frequency significantly diminished in the cooling condition (p

This work aims to address the effectiveness and challenges of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection and improve the detection of defects without causing damage to the material or operator. It focuses on two types of NDT methods; pulsed thermography and vibrothermography. The paper also explores the possibility of performing automated aerial inspection using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provided with a thermographic imaging system. The concept of active thermography is discussed for inspecting aircraft CFRP panels along with the proposal for performing aerial inspection using the UAV for real time inspection. Static NDT results and the further UAV research indicate that the UAV inspection approach could significantly reduce the inspection time, cost, and workload, whilst potentially increasing the probability of detection.

Transient thermography is a method used successfully in the evaluation of composite materials and aerospace structures. It has the capacity to deliver both qualitative and quantitative results about hidden defects or features in a composite structure. Aircraft must undergo routine maintenance – inspection to check for any critical damage and thus to ensure its safety. This work aims to address the challenge of NDT automated inspection and improve the defects’ detection by suggesting an autonomous thermographic imaging approach using a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) active thermographic system. The concept of active thermography is discussed and presented in the inspection of aircraft CFRP panels along with the mission planning for aerial inspection using the UAV for real time inspection. Results indicate that the suggested approach could significantly reduce the inspection time, cost, and workload, whilst potentially increase the probability of detection of defects on aircraft composites.

In this paper we present a report on the use of thermographic imaging techniques as a monitoring tool in newborn respiratory rate. The basis of this type of monitoring is the processing of real-time thermographic images. This contactless monitoring method it is absolute necessary because it is designed to monitor a very fragile category of patients: premature new born babies. Our biomedical signal of interests it is represented by the spontaneous breaths of the newborn. In the present study we demonstrate that the respiratory rate of the preterm newborn can be monitored based on the analysis of temperature changes that occurs in the anterior nasal area (nostrils).

Circadian clocks orchestrate multiple different physiological rhythms in a well-synchronized manner. However, how these separate rhythms are interconnected is not exactly understood. Here, we developed a method that allows for the real-time simultaneous measurement of locomotor activity and body temperature of mice using infrared video camera imaging. As expected from the literature, temporal profiles of body temperature and locomotor activity were positively correlated with each other. Basically, body temperatures were high when animals were in locomotion. However, interestingly, increases in body temperature were not always associated with the appearance of locomotor activity. Video imaging revealed that mice exhibit non-locomotor activities such as grooming and postural adjustments, which alone induce considerable elevation of body temperature. Noticeably, non-locomotor movements always preceded the initiation of locomotor activity. Nevertheless, non-locomotor movements were not always accompanied by locomotor movements, suggesting that non-locomotor movements provide a mechanism of thermoregulation independent of locomotor activity. In addition, in the current study, we also report the development of a machine learning-based recording method for the detection of circadian feeding and drinking behaviors of mice. Our data illustrate the potential utility of thermal video imaging in the investigation of different physiological rhythms.

Allergen sensitization is being diagnosed by commonly available methods in clinical practice—skin prick tests (SPTs) and specific immunoglobulin E test (sIgE). Recently, a new thermographic (TH) method for the assessment of SPT was developed, and it was demonstrated that the TH measurements of forearm temperature distribution during SPT, supported by a mathematical model, offer a new quantification method of allergen-induced skin reactions. The aim of this study is a comprehensive comparison of the TH method with SPT and sIgE techniques. The studies were performed for a group of 51 patients. The SPT and sIgE examinations were done in a routine way. For TH analyses, set of thermograms of both forearms were acquired after prick and analyzed with the use of developed software. All results were converted into categorized scale for comparison. The collected results indicate high correlation coefficients between methods equal to 0.76–0.99. Sensitivity and accuracy of TH assessment in respect of both SPT and sIgE methods is at good level (0.72–0.93). Acceptable level of specificity 0.60–0.88 was also achieved for most allergic responses. Excellent agreement between SPT and sIgE methods was observed which makes the TH assessment competitive. Due to higher precision and sensitivity of digital infrared technology, possibility of making error in diagnosis is significantly reduced. Additional advantage of the TH method relies on an estimation of the skin reactivity which allows highlighting the hypersensitivity patients and automatic correction of the diagnosis.

“Thermal Optimum” is a collaboration between photographer Nicholas Eppel and anthropologist Fiona C. Ross. Focusing on pregnancy and early childhood, we sought a way to open questions about how the “hard facts” of biology are given force and presence through “soft” actions of care. Thermographic imaging, initially developed for military use, allows one to trace a subject’s “heat signature,” making visible aspects of the world that are ordinarily undetectable to the human eye. The resultant images disrupt visual expectations and accustomed modes of interpretation. An experiment in seeing, we are interested in thinking about what these kinds of images enable and unseat for us, an artist and an anthropologist.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of strength and stretching exercises on upper crossed syndrome. [Subjects and Methods] After measuring cervical alignment using the Global Posture System, 30 students with forward head posture were selected and divided into two groups. The experimental group (n=15) participated in strength and stretching exercises, three times per week for 4 weeks. The control group (n=15) did not participate in the exercises. The exercise program comprised middle and lower trapezius strength exercises and levator scapulae and upper trapezius stretching exercises. The temperature of the posterior neck was then measured using digital infrared thermographic imaging. [Results] There was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest results in the experimental group, and a significant difference in posterior neck temperature between the two groups. [Conclusion] This study showed that middle and lower trapezius strength exercises and levator scapulae and upper trapezius stretching exercises are more effective for upper crossed syndrome.

Published 15 September 2020 This article, and others within this volume, has been retracted by IOP Publishing following clear evidence of plagiarism and citation manipulation. This work was originally published in Spanish (1) and has been translated and published without permission or acknowledgement to the original authors. IOP Publishing Limited has discovered other papers within this volume that have been subjected to the same treatment. This is scientific misconduct. Misconduct investigations are ongoing at the author’s institutions. IOP Publishing Limited will update this notice if required once those investigations have concluded. IOP Publishing Limited request any citations to this article be redirected to the original work (1). Anyone with any information regarding these papers is requested to contact conferenceseries@ioppublishing.org.

The temperature of a photovoltaic (PV) system is a critical factor in the photovoltaic conversion process; hence, the practical performance of a PV system significantly depends on its temperature. Several different methods exist for the determination of PV module temperature. In this study, thermography was employed to investigate the thermal behavior of different solar PV modules under outdoor operating conditions. It was observed that the temperature difference across the area of a PV module could reach as high as 12.5–14.8 °C depending on the type of PV module. Hence, the trends for the lowest and highest temperature were not predictable. Glass-to-glass non-frame PV modules exhibited the highest temperature gradients compared to glass-to-Tedlar non-frame modules. The observed temperature gradients demonstrated that measuring the temperature at a single point on the module was not sufficient to accurately represent the temperature over the entirety of the PV module.

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S, 80 ppm) gas in an atmosphere of 17.5% oxygen reportedly induces suspended animation in mice; a state analogous to hibernation that entails hypothermia and hypometabolism. However, exogenous H2S in combination with 17.5% oxygen is able to induce hypoxia, which in itself is a trigger of hypometabolism/hypothermia. Using non-invasive thermographic imaging, we demonstrated that mice exposed to hypoxia (5% oxygen) reduce their body temperature to ambient temperature. In contrast, animals exposed to 80 ppm H2S under normoxic conditions did not exhibit a reduction in body temperature compared to normoxic controls. In conclusion, mice induce hypothermia in response to hypoxia but not H2S gas, which contradicts the reported findings and putative contentions.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the suitability of infrared thermography in assessing healing of surgically created wounds that are managed by primary closure or second intention in neonatal dairy calves during a 3‐week period. STUDY DESIGN: Randomized clinical trial. ANIMALS: Six Jersey bull calves. METHODS: Two skin patches approximately 10 cm² were shaved on each hind limb of all calves. The dorsal patch was designated the wound creation site, and the ventral patch was the control. The wound creation sites were randomly assigned for either primary closure or healing by second intention. Wounds were created by using an 8‐mm biopsy punch. Thermographic imaging was performed prior to wound creation and at 0 minutes; 15 minutes; 2, 4, 8, 12, and 24 hours; and 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, and 21 days postwounding. RESULTS: There were no differences in skin temperature changes observed between wounds that were managed by primary closure or second intention (P = .9934) at any time. Time after wound creation had an effect on the skin temperature (P

We describe the intraoperative non-invasive use of an infrared (IR) camera to monitor Del Nido cardioplegia delivery in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Thermal pictures were taken pre- and post-cardioplegia and at timed points after arrest, and compared to readings from a transseptal temperature probe. There was good concordance between the transseptal probe and the IR camera temperature readings. This non-invasive technique, which assesses cardioplegic distribution, may help to determine when additional doses of Del Nido cardioplegia are required during periods of cardioplegic arrest.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of different sitting positions on the skin temperature of the lower extremity. [Subjects] The subjects of this study were 23 healthy university students (8 males, 15 females). [Methods] Normal sitting (NS), upper leg cross (ULC) and ankle on knee (AOK) positions were conducted to measure the changes in skin temperature using digital infrared thermographic imaging (DITI). [Results] ULC upper ankle, NS upper shin, ULC upper shin and NS lower shin showed significant declines in temperature with time. [Conclusion] These finding suggest that the ULC and NS sitting positions cause decline of blood flow volume to the lower extremity resulting in decrease of temperature of the lower extremity. Especially, sitting with the legs crossed interferes with the circulation of blood flowing volume much more than just sitting in a chair.

Purpose – Infrared thermography is increasingly being used to diagnose pathologies in buildings, such as façade defects. The purpose of this paper is to assess the results reproducibility and the equipment influence on the measurements. To do so, it was defined as case study the assessment of rendering delamination. Design/methodology/approach – Two infrared cameras of different makers were used to detect the presence of defects deliberately created in specimens. The tests were done in the laboratory with a heat source. The defects were detected through a temperature gradient between the zones with and without defect. Findings – With this thermographic imaging, it was possible to identify the defects in the specimen both qualitatively and quantitatively. The results were found to be reproducible in the three cycles performed. The influence of the equipment on the results was of little significance for the quantitative assessment criterion “temperature difference between zones with and without defect”, but for the criterion “absolute surface temperature”, the difference in the results yielded by the two cameras was around 1.8°C. Originality/value – The results suggest that there is reproducibility of the measurements, considering both the qualitative and quantitative approach, when assessing delamination, irrespective of the maker of the equipment used. The influence of the equipment on the results depends on the quantitative assessment criterion used.

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The importance of using infrared thermography (IRT) to assess skin temperature (t sk ) is increasing in clinical settings. Recently, its use has been increasing in sports and exercise medicine; however, no consensus guideline exists to address the methods for collecting data in such situations. The aim of this study was to develop a checklist for the collection of t sk using IRT in sports and exercise medicine. We carried out a Delphi study to set a checklist based on consensus agreement from leading experts in the field. Panelists (n = 24) representing the areas of sport science (n = 8; 33%), physiology (n = 7; 29%), physiotherapy (n = 3; 13%) and medicine (n = 6; 25%), from 13 different countries completed the Delphi process. An initial list of 16 points was proposed which was rated and commented on by panelists in three rounds of anonymous surveys following a standard Delphi procedure. The panel reached consensus on 15 items which encompassed the participants’ demographic information, camera/room or environment setup and recording/analysis of t sk using IRT. The results of the Delphi produced the checklist entitled “Thermographic Imaging in Sports and Exercise Medicine (TISEM)” which is a proposal to standardize the collection and analysis of t sk data using IRT. It is intended that the TISEM can also be applied to evaluate bias in thermographic studies and to guide practitioners in the use of this technique.

Intraoperative thermographic imaging, associated with time-resolved data analysis, is used to identify and visualise functional areas and pathological tissue in brain surgery. In this contribution we propose a hardware-software system for real-time pre-processing, fusion, and analysis of concurrent infrared and whitelight recordings. As a proof-of-concept, a digital temporal filter is applied to the removal of motion artefacts. To provide the required processing power in an intraoperative environment, the system is implemented on an FPGA device.

Ventilation, speech and singing must use facial musculature to complete these motor tasks and these tasks are fueled by the air we inhale. This motor process requires increase in the blood flow as the muscles contract and relax, therefore skin surface temperature changes are expected. Hence, we used thermography to image these effects. The system used was the thermography camera model FLIR X6580sc with a chilled detector (FLIR Systems Advanced Thermal Solutions, 27700 SW Parkway Ave Wilsonville, OR 97070, USA). To assure improved imaging, the room temperature was air-conditioned to +18° C. All images were recoded at the speed of 30 f/s. Acquired data were analyzed with FLIR Research IR Max Version 4 software and software filters. In this preliminary study a male subject was imaged from frontal and lateral views simultaneously while he performed normal resting ventilation, speech and song. The lateral image was captured in a stainless steel mirror. Results showed different levels of heat flow in the facial musculature as a function of these three tasks. Also, we were able to capture the exalted air jet directionality. The breathing jet was discharged in horizontal direction, speaking voice jet was discharged downwards while singing jet went upward. We interpreted these jet directions as representing different gas content of air expired during these different tasks, with speech having less oxygen than singing. Further studies examining gas exchange during various forms of speech and song and emotional states are warranted.

Definition of “normal temperature” is controversial in many text books on dermatology and physiology and depends on many factors. Thermographic imaging of the hands was performed in 50 healthy volunteers on four different days with an interval of 48-72 hours summing up to a total of 200 measurements. Infrared thermograms were gathered at defined points in each person after an acclimatization period of 30 minutes under standardized conditions according to the recommendations of the American Academy of Thermology. Despite of an acclimatization period of 30 minutes a decrease of temperature in the monitored area independent of gender could be observed. Initial surface temperature after the acclimatization period in these healthy probands ranged from 25.2 to 33.8°C (31.6 ± 2.1°C, median 32.2°C). Severe intra- and interindividual temperature differences could be detected despite standardized room conditions. Skin temperature varies greatly between and within individuals. Contactfree infrared thermography may improve detection of areas with altered perfusion if a symmetrical scan is performed. Nevertheless, screening patients on their general surface temperature does not provide any beneficial information in diagnosing or differentiating diseases unless a certain pathology is suspected in a particular area. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18073/2358-4696/pajmt.v1n1p43-49

This article discusses a number of modern techniques used for the analysis of works of art. The most widely used approaches as well as lesser known ones are outlined in terms of their applications and the kind of information on the condition of artworks that can be extracted. Special attention is paid to the method of thermographic analysis of works of pictorial art. The principles of the technique, various computational approaches, and safety concerns are discussed. A set of examples is provided for the demonstration of the capabilities of thermographic assessment, including a range of real canvas and panel paintings exhibited in museums and in private collections.

A Case Report of Cold Hypersensitivity of Hands, Feet and Low AbdomenYoung-Jin Yun, Jin-Moo Lee, Chang-Hoon LeeJun-Bock Jang, Kyung-Sub Lee, Deok-Sang HwangDept. of Oriental Gynecology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee UniversityPurpose: The purpose of this study is to report the effect on cold hype rsensitivity of hands, feet and low abdomen by Sasang constitutional treatme nt. For this purpose, the effects of a treatment were measured quantitatively using D igital Infrared Thermographic Imaging (DITI). Methods: It was a case of report, the patient was a 25-year-old female w hose chief complaint was cold hypersensitivity of hands and feet and low abdomem. We treated the patient with Sasang constitutional treatment, an d the effect of a treatment was evaluated by DITI. Results: After Sasang constitutional treatment, the differences of temp erature of hands, feet and low abdomem were decreased on DITI screening , respectively. Conclusions: Sasang constitutional treatment on cold hypersensitivity of ha nds, feet and low abdomen is effective. Further studies on diagnosis tools of low abdomen cold hypersensitivity are needed. Key Words: Digital Infrared Thermographic Imaging (DITI), Cold Hypersensi tivity of Hands, Feet and Low Abdomen, Sasang Constitution