Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering , Department of Electrical Engineering , Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Assistant Professor ,Department of Electrical Engineering , Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran.
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Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of urology, AJA University of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Department of Physics, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
10.22118/jsmj.2018.104039.1184
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Varicocele is the abnormal dilation and tortuosity of venous plexus (venous) above the testicles. The pattern of abnormal heat distribution in the scrotum can be diagnosed using thermal imaging. Thermal Imaging is a distant, non-contact, and non-invasive method.
Materials and methods: This study is descriptive-analytic. Using a non-contact infrared camera (SDS Hotfind L) and taking images of 50 patients with varicocele. Capabilities of thermography were studied and evaluated. The variables studied in this research include age, marital status, smoking, and temperature of (Scrotum, Pampiniform venous plexus).
Results: In two cases, with the help of heat distribution, varicocele can be detected using a thermal camera; one is thermal asymmetry and increased temperature in venous plexus pampiniform and another is differences in Features obtained from wavelet transform in healthy and varicloceled cases. If the index is only the diagnosis of varicocele, according to Gold the standard of Doppler ultrasound, the sensitivity of thermography is 70 percent and its specificity is 88.23.
Discussion: The results of this study indicate that the thermography for the diagnosing varicocele is more suitable way as a complementary method. Also additionally, Testicular thermography can be used for early and rapid screening with many samples sizes in places such as barracks and areas where the use of ultrasound devices cannot be used.
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