{"681225":{"#nid":"681225","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Thermal Imaging Could be a Simple, Highly Accurate Way to Track Vital Signs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineers at Georgia Tech have developed a system for collecting and processing thermal images that allows for reliable, detailed measurement of vital signs such as respiration and heart rate or body temperature.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir monitoring approach is passive and requires no contact. The system could one day lead to early detection for cancer or other diseases by flagging subtle changes in body tissues.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers have overcome the spectral ambiguity inherent in conventional thermal imaging, sharpening the texture and detail they can extract from images and removing the effects of heat from the environment surrounding a subject. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.xcrp.2025.102501\u0022\u003EThey published details of their work March 19 in the journal \u003Cem\u003ECell Reports Physical Science\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/thermal-imaging-could-be-simple-highly-accurate-way-track-vital-signs\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsing a simple setup and advanced processing, engineers can reliably detect physiological signals such as temperature, breathing, and pulse. The technology could open new possibilities for early disease detection.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Using a simple setup and advanced processing, engineers can reliably detect physiological signals such as temperature, breathing, and pulse. The technology could open new possibilities for early disease detection."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2025-03-19 14:48:41","changed_gmt":"2025-03-24 17:59:24","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-03-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676602":{"id":"676602","type":"image","title":"Phasor-thermography-setup-Dingding-Han-0707-t.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EPostdoctoral scholar Dingding Han adjusts a thermal camera capturing an image of Ph.D. student Corey Zheng. Using an advanced processing technique on the raw thermal image, Han, Zheng, and their collaborators can accurately measure body temperature, heart rate, and respiration rate. Their noncontact technology could open new possibilities for vital sign monitoring and early disease detection. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1742395736","gmt_created":"2025-03-19 14:48:56","changed":"1742395736","gmt_changed":"2025-03-19 14:48:56","alt":"Dingding Han adjusts an infrared camera pointed at a test subject sitting in front of a black curtain. On a computer screen to her left is a thermal image of the subject. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)","file":{"fid":"260409","name":"Phasor-thermography-setup-Dingding-Han-0707-t.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/19\/Phasor-thermography-setup-Dingding-Han-0707-t.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/19\/Phasor-thermography-setup-Dingding-Han-0707-t.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":563702,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/19\/Phasor-thermography-setup-Dingding-Han-0707-t.jpg?itok=pFZgraar"}}},"media_ids":["676602"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}