title: Quantitative estimation of temperature variations in plantar angiosomes: a study case for diabetic foot.
abstract: Thermography is a useful tool since it provides information that may help in the diagnostic of several diseases in a noninvasive and fast way. Particularly, thermography has been applied in the study of the diabetic foot. However, most of these studies report only qualitative information making it difficult to measure significant parameters such as temperature variations. These variations are important in the analysis of the diabetic foot since they could bring knowledge, for instance, regarding ulceration risks. The early detection of ulceration risks is considered an important research topic in the medicine field, as its objective is to avoid major complications that might lead to a limb amputation. The absence of symptoms in the early phase of the ulceration is conceived as the main disadvantage to provide an opportune diagnostic in subjects with neuropathy. Since the relation between temperature and ulceration risks is well established in the literature, a methodology that obtains quantitative temperature differences in the plantar area of the diabetic foot to detect ulceration risks is proposed in this work. Such methodology is based on the angiosome concept and image processing.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, 72840 Tonantzintla, PUE, Mexico.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peregrina-Barreto
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas S/N, 76010 Querétaro, QRO, Mexico.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Morales-Hernandez
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, 72840 Tonantzintla, PUE, Mexico.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rangel-Magdaleno
authors.affiliation: División de Ingenierías del Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Universidad de Guanajuato, Carretera Salamanca-Valle de Santiago Km 3.5+1.8, Comunidad de Palo Blanco, 36885 Salamanca, GTO, Mexico.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Avina-Cervantes
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, 72840 Tonantzintla, PUE, Mexico.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ramirez-Cortes
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de Apizaco, Avenida Instituto Tecnológico, 90300 Apizaco, TLAX, Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morales-Caporal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013696:Temperature; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*