Using lock-in infrared thermography for the visualization of the hand vascular tree

Nabila Bouzida; Abdel Hakim Bendada; Jean-Marc Piau; Moulay Akhloufi; Xavier Maldague; Mathieu Raymond

doi:10.1117/12.778680

17 March 2008 Using lock-in infrared thermography for the visualization of the hand vascular tree

Nabila Bouzida, Abdel Hakim Bendada, Jean-Marc Piau, Moulay Akhloufi, Xavier Maldague, Mathieu Raymond

Proceedings Volume 6939, Thermosense XXX; 69390O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778680
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

An imaging technique of the hand vein tree is presented in this paper. Using the natural human circulatory system and a controlled armband pressure around the arm, a lock-in thermography technique with an internal excitation is carried out. Since the stimulation frequency is inversely proportional to the inspection depth, the subcutaneous layer requires the use of a very slow frequency. Thus, a sawtooth waveform is preferred to minimize the duration of the pressure applied to the armband during the experiment. A frequency of approximately 0.03 Hz and a pressure range between 100 and 140 mmHg, according to the diastolic and systolic blood pressure, are used as stimulation. Then, dorsal hand amplitude and phase images are obtained with IR_view (Klein, 1999), a tool specifically designed to analyze infrared images. The hand vein structure is thermally mapped by an infrared camera operating in the middle wavelength infrared range (MWIR) at room temperature. Parasitic frequencies are avoided by keeping the hand fixed. The resulting images show a gradient of temperature between surrounding tissues and the back-of-hand veins. The vascular signature segmentation is extracted from the amplitude and phase images by using a Fast Fourier Transform image processing technique. This work could be used for vein localization for perfusion or for the early diagnosis of vein diseases such as primitive varicose and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). A hand vein signature database for identification purposes is also possible.

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Nabila Bouzida, Abdel Hakim Bendada, Jean-Marc Piau, Moulay Akhloufi, Xavier Maldague, and Mathieu Raymond "Using lock-in infrared thermography for the visualization of the hand vascular tree", Proc. SPIE 6939, Thermosense XXX, 69390O (17 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778680

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