| Title |
Evaluation of treatment effectiveness and prognosis of infantile hemangioma by infrared thermography. Summary |
| Translation of Title |
Vaikų hemangiomų prognozės ir gydymo veiksmingumo vertinimas infraraudonųjų spindulių termografija. Santrauka. |
| Authors |
Strumila, Arūnas |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
52 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Hemangioma ; infrared thermography ; summary |
| Abstract [eng] |
The main goal of the dissertation is to identify and analyse prognostic success and failure criteria of infantile hemangioma observation and treatment using infrared thermography. Research tasks were: 1) To determine the diagnostic value of surface temperature measurement of infantile hemangiomas (IH) using infrared thermography; 2) To determine and analyze the peak and average surface temperature values of IHs using infrared thermography; 3) To identify proliferation risk factors of IHs attributed to the observed group of the research and to determine the diagnostic value of such risk factors; 4) To determine the value of infrared thermography in the assessment of treatment effectiveness of IHs. 102 patients with IHs were selected for this perspective biomedical study. Results: 1) the highest surface temperature of an IH (measured by an infrared thermometer) was determined in the proliferating IH subroup; 2) surface temperature averages were statistically significantly different in the subgroups when measuring with an infrared thermographer; 3) a higher surface temperature measured by an infrared thermographer is a prognostic factor of IH proliferation; 4) there was a statistically significant decrease in the surface temperature of treated IH between each visit, indicating in a positive treatment outcome. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Vilniaus universitetas. |
| Type |
Summaries of doctoral thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
