Detecting Lesions in the Oral Cavity With Thermal Imaging

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00868725

Enrollment

Registered

2009-03-25

Start date

2009-04-30

Completion date

2009-06-30

Last updated

2009-10-01

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Conditions

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell

Keywords

oral cavity, carcinoma, thermal imaging

Brief summary

Previous studies indicate that there are significant differences in the temperature of tumors and normal, adjacent tissues. The present study will test this hypothesis for lesions in the oral cavity. Thermal images of the oral cavities of patients, undergoing examination in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Sheba hospital, will be compared to the diagnoses of the examining doctors. The results, apart from enhancing the delineation of oral cavity tumors, may help the decision to develop miniature thermal cameras to scan thermally, the GI tract.

Interventions

OTHERno intervention, observation only

Oral cavity will be imaged by a thermal camera.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients diagnosed in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as suffering from malignant or possibly malignant lesions.

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ability of a thermal camera to detect and delineate tumors in the oral cavity	during and immediately after the examination

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026