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Clinical Applications, Legal Considerations and Implementation Challenges of Smartphone-Based Thermography: A Scoping
Alessandra Putrino1, Michele Cassetta1, Mario Raso2
1Department of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Medicine
|December 17, 2024
Summary
Smartphone thermography (ST) offers a practical, affordable way to measure body surface temperature. This review highlights its potential in wound care and vascular surgery, showing high accuracy in observational studies.
Area of Science:
- Medical Imaging
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Technology Assessment
Background:
- Medical thermography non-invasively measures human body surface temperature using infrared radiation.
- Smartphone-based thermography (ST) is emerging as a significant advancement in this field.
- Assessing ST's current applications, reliability, and medico-legal implications is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conduct a scoping review of current research on smartphone-based thermography (ST).
- To describe the applications and reliability of ST based on existing evidence.
- To consider the medico-legal aspects associated with ST implementation.
Main Methods:
- A comprehensive search of multiple databases including PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, Lilacs, and Google Scholar was performed.
- Eligibility criteria were applied to select relevant articles from the initial 241 results.
- Twenty articles were included for data extraction, analysis, and discussion of clinical evidence.
Main Results:
- The most documented applications of ST are in wound care management and vascular surgery.
- Other medical fields such as dentistry, ophthalmology, and orthopedics show less exploration.
- ST demonstrates practicality, operational simplicity, and affordability, with high sensitivity and accuracy in observational studies.
Conclusions:
- Smartphone thermography presents significant strengths, including ease of use and cost-effectiveness.
- While comparative studies are limited, ST shows promise for broader medical applications.
- Further research and protocol development are needed to fully establish ST's reliability, safety, and address medico-legal considerations.
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