An overview of temperature monitoring devices for early detection of diabetic foot disorders

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 711-718

  Roback, Kerstin ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

diagnosis; neuropathic diabetic foot; prevention; thermography; ulceration

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PRACTICES; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DETECTION; INFRARED THERMOMETRY; LEADING TECHNOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; LOWER-LIMB AMPUTATIONS; NEUROPATHIC DIABETIC FOOT; PREVENTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEMPERATURE MONITORING; THERMOGRAPHY; ULCERATION;

DERMATOLOGY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOSENSOR; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOME MONITORING; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFRARED THERMOMETER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY; ULCER HEALING;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956466314     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.35     Document Type: Review

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