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    • Biomedical engineering
    • Computer vision
    • Medical diagnostics

    Background:

    • Elevated skin temperature is a key indicator of infection or abnormal health conditions.
    • Current detection methods rely on contact thermometers or infrared sensors.
    • The widespread availability of video devices presents an opportunity for novel diagnostic tools.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a non-contact, video-based approach for detecting elevated skin temperature.
    • To introduce the Video-based TEMPerature (V-TEMP) binary classification system.
    • To leverage the correlation between skin temperature and light's angular reflectance distribution.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed V-TEMP, a binary classification approach for non-elevated/elevated skin temperature.
    • Investigated the relationship between skin temperature and angular reflectance distribution.
    • Validated V-TEMP using videos from controlled and real-world environments.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated a unique correlation between skin temperature and angular reflectance distribution.
    • Confirmed differences in light reflectance between skin-like and non-skin-like materials.
    • Showcased V-TEMP's robustness in diverse recording conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • V-TEMP effectively detects elevated skin temperature using non-contact video analysis.
    • The method is scalable due to the ubiquity of video devices.
    • V-TEMP reduces infection risk and offers a practical diagnostic tool.