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The development of a non-contact screening system for rapid medical inspection at a quarantine depot using a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, microwave radar and infrared thermography.
- Source :
- Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology; Aug2009, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p481-487, 7p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- In order to conduct fast screening of passengers with infections such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) or pandemic influenza at a quarantine depot, we developed a non-contact screening system with self-produced program to conduct a human screening within five seconds, via a linear discriminant function from non-contact derived variables, i.e. palmer pulse derived from a laser Doppler blood-flow meter, respiration rate determined by a 10-GHz microwave radar, and facial temperature measured by thermography. The system evaluation was conducted on seven healthy male subjects (23 ± 1 years). In order to achieve a pseudo-infection condition, the subjects maintained an ergo-meter exercise load (100 W, 10 minutes). Before (normal condition) and after (pseudo-infection condition) exercise, a significant linear discriminant function (p < 0.001) was determined to distinguish pseudo-infection condition from normal condition (Mahalanobis D-square = 20.3, classification error rate <5%). The proposed system appears promising for future application in fast screening of infection at a quarantine depot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- QUARANTINE
MICROWAVES
THERMOGRAPHY
SARS disease
MEDICAL technology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03091902
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 43440457
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03091900902952675