Title :
A foot temperature measuring system for diabetic patients
Author :
Lopez Murillo, F. ; Leija, L. ; Vera, Alonzo
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ing. Electr., CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
fDate :
Sept. 29 2014-Oct. 3 2014
Abstract :
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a major precursor to lower-limb amputations and a prominent cause of morbidity in patients with diabetes. There are several points on the foot susceptible to ulcers that are directly related to a temperature change. The aim of this study was to design and implement a foot temperature monitoring system. This system is capable of recording the temperature of four foot areas more susceptible to ulceration and then analyzed and processed the data collected. We tested our system over five diabetic and non-diabetic patients. The results indicate that there is a temperature difference between the right and the left foot on some of the diabetic patients.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biothermics; data analysis; diseases; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; temperature measurement; data analysis; data collection; data processing; diabetic foot ulcers; diabetic patients; foot temperature measuring system; lower-limb amputations; morbidity; temperature monitoring system; Diabetes; Foot; Monitoring; Temperature; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; diabetes; diabetic foot ulcers; measure temperature; neuropathy;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering, Computing Science and Automatic Control (CCE), 2014 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Campeche
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6228-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICEEE.2014.6978333
