title: Detection of Perforators Using Smartphone Thermal Imaging.
abstract: Thermal imaging detects infrared radiation from an object, producing a thermogram that can be interpreted as a surrogate marker for cutaneous blood flow. To date, high-resolution cameras typically cost tens of thousands of dollars. The FLIR ONE is a smartphone-compatible miniature thermal imaging camera that currently retails at under $200. In a proof-of-concept study, patients and healthy volunteers were assessed with thermal imaging for (1) detecting and mapping perforators, (2) defining perforasomes, and (3) monitoring free flaps. Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative thermograms can assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of free flaps, and the FLIR ONE provides a low-cost adjunct that could be applied to other areas of burns and plastic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Warwickshire, Coventry, and Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom From the Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospitals of Coventry; and the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham.
authors.forename: Joseph T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hardwicke
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Osmani
authors.forename: Joanna M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Skillman
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D064368:Healthy Volunteers; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D061525:Perforator Flap / Q000098:blood supply*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000068997:Smartphone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013817:Thermography / Q000379:methods*; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler