The Value of Thermal Imaging for Knee Arthritis: A Single-Center Observational Study.

Soo Min Ahn Joo Hyang Chun Seokchan Hong Chang-Keun Lee Bin Yoo Ji-Seon Oh Yong-Gil Kim

Published in: Yonsei medical journal (2022)

In this study, we found that high thermographic temperatures of the knee suggest a positive PD signal. Thus, thermography might be used as an adjuvant tool of PD for non-invasive evaluation of knee arthritis.

Keyphrases

total knee arthroplasty
knee osteoarthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
anterior cruciate ligament
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
high resolution
early stage
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy
fluorescence imaging