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Preface; Review for the Book; Contents; About the Editors; 1 Potential of Infrared Imaging in Assessing Digestive Disorders; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 2.1 Thermal Imaging Protocol Guidelines; 3 Case Reports; 4 Results; 5 Conclusion; References; 2 Potential of Thermography in Pain Diagnosing and Treatment Monitoring; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Classifications of Pain; 3 Physiology of Human Skin; 4 Interpretation Guidelines; 5 Application of Thermal Imaging; 6 Conclusion; References; 3 Assessment of Foot Complications in Diabetic Patients Using Thermography: A Review; Abstract.

1 Introduction2 Considerations for Applying Thermography in Examination of the Diabetic Foot; 3 Application of Thermography in Diabetic Foot Monitoring; 3.1 Critical Ischemia Involving Small Arterial Territories; 3.2 Changes in the Cutaneous Circulation Induced by Diabetic Microangiophathy, Which Leads to Ulceration; 3.3 Neuropathy Evaluation, Specifically Small Fiber Sensory Neuropathy; 3.4 Plantar Patterns; 3.5 Detecting area at High Risk for Ulceration or Pre-ulceration and Monitoring Ulcer Healing; 4 Asymmetry Analysis; 5 Conclusion; References.

4 An Overview of Medical Infrared Imaging in Breast Abnormalities DetectionAbstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Metabolism of Tumors and Tumor Growth; 3 Principals of IR Imaging; 3.1 Physics; 3.2 Equipment Considerations; 3.3 Laboratory Considerations; 4 Relationship Between Pathology and IR Imaging; 5 The Role of IR Imaging in the Detection of Cancer; 6 Restrictions and Conveniences of IR Imaging; 7 Conclusion; References; 5 Registration of Contralateral Breasts Thermograms by Shape Context Technique; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods; 3 Dataset and Processing Steps; 4 Experimental Results.

5 Conclusion6 Future Work; References; 6 Color Segmentation of Breast Thermograms: A Comparative Study; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Color Conversion of Gray-Scale Images; 3 mean shift clustering (ms); 4 Experimental Results; 5 Conclusion; References; 7 Potentialities of Dynamic Breast Thermography; Abstract; 1 The Concept of Dynamic Thermography; 2 Breast Dynamic Thermography Using Autonomic Cold Challenge; 3 Characterisation of Thermal Recovery After Cold Stress; 4 A Mathematical Model for Thermal Recovery After Cooling; 5 Computer Assisted Dynamic Breast Thermography.

6 Active Dynamic Breast Thermography7 Numerical Modelling of Breast Dynamic Thermography; 7.1 A Heat Transfer Model for the Breast; 7.2 A Numerical Procedure for Transient Thermography; 8 Conclusion; References; 8 In Vivo Thermography-Based Image for Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using Two-Tier Segmentation Algorithm and Artificial Neural Network; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Collection; 2.1 Animal Preparation; 2.2 In Vivo Thermography Screening; 2.3 Disease Verification; 3 Image Processing; 3.1 First Tier: Segmentation for Subject of Interest (SOI).

The book covers the latest updates in the application of infrared to biomedical sciences, a non-invasive, contactless, safe and easy approach imaging of skin and tissue temperatures. Its diagnostic procedure allows practitioners to identify the locations of abnormal chemical and blood vessel activity such as angiogenesis in body tissue. Its non-invasive approach works by applying the technology of the infrared camera and state-of-the-art software, where high-resolution digital infrared imaging technology benefits highly from enhanced image production, standardized image interpretation protocols, computerized comparison and storage, and sophisticated image enhancement and analysis. The book contains contributions from global prominent scientists in the area of infrared applications in biomedical studies. The target audience includes academics, practitioners, clinicians and students working in the area of infrared imaging in biomedicine.