Application of Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging (DITI) in Graves' Disease

Application of Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging in Thyroid Disease and Associated Ophthalmopathy and Dermopathy

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01182584

Enrollment

200

Registered

2010-08-17

Start date

2009-12-31

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2010-12-22

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Conditions

Graves' Disease

Brief summary

Graves' disease is characterized by thyrotoxicosis, goiter, ophthalmopathy and dermopathy. Pathogenesis involves autoimmune process. The investigators think temperatures of the area involved in the inflammation may change. Thus the investigators plan to take temperature pictures of Graves' patients using digital infrared thermal imaging system and observe the change.

Detailed description

We will recruited patients of Graves' disease from out patient clinics. We will perform thyroid echo and soft tissue echo first. Then we let patients sit before the thermal camera and take thermal images of eyes necks and tibia. After data collection, we analyse the relation between temperature and laboratory data such as thyroid function and autoimmune profiles.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Graves' disease patients. Healthy people

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy. \<16 years old or \> 60 years old

Countries

Taiwan

Contacts

Primary ContactShyang-Rong Shih, M.D.

srshih@ntu.edu.tw0972653337

Outcome results