BODY TEMPERATURE, THERMOMETERS AND HEALTH

Temperature measurement has always been one of the challenges of medicine since many diseases have as their initial sign an increase or decrease in temperature, either in the whole body or in very localized regions. Such conditions include infections, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disorders, i...

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Autores: Castañeda, Beatriz, Soto Puebla , Diego, Meza Figueroa, Diana, Navarro Espinoza, Sofía, Pedroza-Montero, Martin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA
Repositorio:Epistemus
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.epistemus.unison.mx:article/164
Acceso en línea:https://epistemus.unison.mx/index.php/epistemus/article/view/164
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Temperature
Thermometer
Infrared
Cancer
Temperatura
Termómetro
Infrarrojo
Cáncer
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Sumario:Temperature measurement has always been one of the challenges of medicine since many diseases have as their initial sign an increase or decrease in temperature, either in the whole body or in very localized regions. Such conditions include infections, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular disorders, inflammation, and cancer. Thus, the ease of use and accuracy of thermometers for rapid temperature measurement is crucial. Unfortunately, their technological development has been slow. However, in the last three decades, they have incorporated technologies that allow obtaining non-contact readings with high accuracy, although the development of computational tools to understand the thermal expression of pathological processes is still pending.