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Larkin M, Loughin C, Marino D, Dewey C, Umbaugh S, Sackman J. Medical infrared thermal imaging of syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. BMC Vet Res 2020; 16:137. [PMID: 32410627 PMCID: PMC7227106 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-020-02354-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Medical infrared thermal imaging (MITI) is a non-invasive imaging modality gaining popularity in the veterinary field. An infrared camera captures emission of heat and creates a color map in the form of a thermogram. Topical heat emission is influenced by localized disease processes as a result of autonomic nervous system imbalance. The purpose of this study was to determine the utility of using thermography to identify changes in thermographic patterns associated with syringomyelia (SM) presence or absence in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS) with Chiari-like Malformation (CLM). Results In CKCS with CLM, MITI was most accurate at a texture distance of 6. Optimizing imaging feature sets produced a highest accuracy of 69.9% (95% CI: 59.5–79.0%), with 81.3% sensitivity and 57.8% specificity for identifying the presence of syringomyelia. Conclusion Thermographic image analysis is a successful non-invasive, diagnostic test that can be used to screen for syringomyelia presence in a CKCS with CLM.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Larkin
- Department of Surgery, Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA.,The Canine Chiari Institute at Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA. .,The Canine Chiari Institute at Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 930 Campus Road, Box 33, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Computer Vision and Image Processing Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62062, USA
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- The Canine Chiari Institute at Long Island Veterinary Specialists, 163 South Service Road, Plainview, NY, 11803, USA
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