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Thermography for international standardization of the emerging infectious disease control and application to nursing

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K12605
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Community health nursing
Research InstitutionKobe Tokiwa University (2022)
Tenri Health Care University (2017-2019)

Principal Investigator

Horie Osamu  神戸常盤大学, 保健科学部, 教授 (50304118)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 芝田 宏美  兵庫医科大学, 薬学部, 助手 (20509137)
津田 智子  宮崎県立看護大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (30305172)
上杉 裕子  金城学院大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40423230)
竹末 芳生  兵庫医科大学, 医学部, 特別招聘教授 (70197292)
小柴 賢洋  兵庫医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (70301827)
吉田 いつこ  安田女子大学, 看護学部, 准教授 (90635088)
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywordsサーモグラフィ / 感染症 / 看護学 / 臨床看護 / 新興感染症 / 発熱判定 / 人工知能 / 看護
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The measurements of thermography with healthy volunteers revealed that outer ear and cervical body surface temperatures were not stable and that the face was the appropriate measurement site. The right and left cheeks became the high temperature in elderly people. Comparison of thermography and thermometry showed no correlation strong enough to detect all patients with fever. Thermography performance was found to be significantly affected by image quality and focal accuracy. From the influence of COVID-19, we pushed forward development of the judgment software of the thermography. Age-appropriate reference values were used in the judgment software. Pattern classification was introduced to take advantage of its advantages as an imaging diagnosis. The rate of positive thermography is greatly reduced when the medical professions are unfamiliar with imaging and judging, but we have developed an automated judging system that compensates for this faults.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

感染症の制御に用いられているサーモグラフィの手法を基盤にして、検査経験の少ない看護師でも安全に、確実に、すばやく体表温検査を実施し、判定できるシステムを構築することが目的であった。研究期間中に、本研究の目的と合致し追い風となる可能性があったCOVID-19感染症は予想外の長期間に全世界に影響をおよぼしたため、研究ははかどらなかった。しかしながら、顔認証システム(AI)と、サーモグラフィのデータを融合し、正診率の高い判定ソフトは開発できた。COVID-19感染症がもたらした実害はたいへん大きいものであったが、サーモグラフィの有効活用への道も大きく開かれたといってよい。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2019

All Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 疾患者判別装置及び疾患者判定システム2019

    • Inventor(s)
      堀江修、芝田宏美、小柴賢洋、他
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      学校法人兵庫医科大学
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Industrial Property Number
      2019-183691
    • Filing Date
      2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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