Unspecified Caroline Sims Profile

Caroline Sims

SPIE Involvement:

Author

Publications (1)

This will count as one of your downloads.

You will have access to both the presentation and article (if available).

DOWNLOAD NOW

This content is available for download via your institution's subscription. To access this item, please sign in to your personal account.

Email or Username Forgot your username?

Password Forgot your password?

Show

Keep me signed in

No SPIE account? Create an account

Proceedings Article | 27 March 2024 Paper

Identification of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis using a noninvasive optical and thermographic imaging method

Kaelyn Fann, Caroline Sims, Dustin Hipp, Isaura Diaz, Patrick O'Neal Maynord, Justin Baba

Proceedings Volume 12850, 1285002 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001592

KEYWORDS: Thermography, Body temperature, Abdomen, Diagnostics, Point-of-care devices, Infrared cameras, Image segmentation, Tablets, Optical imaging

Read Abstract +

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a gastrointestinal disease that affects 2% to 5% of premature infants and is responsible for almost 8% of all neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions. NEC is caused by inflammation of the intestine, leading to an invasion of bacteria that can cause necrosis of the colon and intestine. Patients with NEC can suffer from a wide range of symptoms such as apnea, diarrhea and bloody stools, unstable body temperature, trouble feeding, discoloration of the abdominal region, and a swollen abdominal region. These symptoms of NEC often coincide with other gastrointestinal diseases, meaning that it can be difficult to definitively diagnose NEC without the use of radiographic imaging. Current diagnostic procedures utilize Bell’s staging system, which many believe is unreliable and inefficient practice. The progression of NEC occurs quickly and results in a mortality rate as high as 50%, yet the mortality rate can still increase when emergency surgical procedures are performed for more severe cases. Previous studies motivate our development of a noninvasive sensing and monitoring method that can be used in real-time. The proposed method utilizes both optical and thermal images to detect temperature differences in upper (thorax) and lower (abdomen) regions as an early indicator for NEC. We report on promising preliminary data from early studies at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, under an approved IRB, investigating point-of-care NICU image-based thermographic trends of neonates at risk for NEC.

My Library

You currently do not have any folders to save your paper to! Create a new folder below.

Folder Name

Folder Description

View contact details

UPDATE YOUR PROFILE

Is this your profile? Update it now.

Sign into your SPIE.org account

Don’t have a profile and want one?

Create an account on SPIE.org

Access to the requested content is limited to institutions that have purchased or subscribe to SPIE eBooks. You are receiving this notice because your organization may not have SPIE eBooks access.*

*Shibboleth/Open Athens users─please sign in to access your institution's subscriptions.

To obtain this item, you may purchase the complete book in print or electronic format on SPIE.org.

ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.

Organizational Username

Organizational Password

Show/Hide Password

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available

Members:

Non-members: ADD TO CART

Keywords/Phrases

Search In:

Publication Years