title: Visual methods to assess cold fingers and experimental verification.
abstract: Cold fingers is complaint of many people. To independently assess actual finger temperature, this paper uses prototype sensors to capture blood vessel width and blood flow rates. We verify their feasibility for future home healthcare use along with far infrared camera outputs. We elucidate the impact of three remedies, massage, hot cocoa, and shoulder exercises, on 7 subjects.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mannen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oguchi
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*