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A Deep Learning-Based Camera Approach for Vital Sign Monitoring Using Thermography Images for ICU Patients

Lyra, Simon ; Mayer, Leon ; Ou, Liyang ; Chen, David ; Timms, Paddy ; Tay, Andrew ; Chan, Peter Y. ; Ganse, Bergita ; Leonhardt, Steffen ; Hoog Antink, Christoph (2024)
A Deep Learning-Based Camera Approach for Vital Sign Monitoring Using Thermography Images for ICU Patients.
In: Sensors, 2021, 21 (4)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00017784
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Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

Infrared thermography for camera-based skin temperature measurement is increasingly used in medical practice, e.g., to detect fevers and infections, such as recently in the COVID-19 pandemic. This contactless method is a promising technology to continuously monitor the vital signs of patients in clinical environments. In this study, we investigated both skin temperature trend measurement and the extraction of respiration-related chest movements to determine the respiratory rate using low-cost hardware in combination with advanced algorithms. In addition, the frequency of medical examinations or visits to the patients was extracted. We implemented a deep learning-based algorithm for real-time vital sign extraction from thermography images. A clinical trial was conducted to record data from patients on an intensive care unit. The YOLOv4-Tiny object detector was applied to extract image regions containing vital signs (head and chest). The infrared frames were manually labeled for evaluation. Validation was performed on a hold-out test dataset of 6 patients and revealed good detector performance (0.75 intersection over union, 0.94 mean average precision). An optical flow algorithm was used to extract the respiratory rate from the chest region. The results show a mean absolute error of 2.69 bpm. We observed a computational performance of 47 fps on an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX module for YOLOv4-Tiny, which proves real-time capability on an embedded GPU system. In conclusion, the proposed method can perform real-time vital sign extraction on a low-cost system-on-module and may thus be a useful method for future contactless vital sign measurements.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2024
Autor(en): Lyra, Simon ; Mayer, Leon ; Ou, Liyang ; Chen, David ; Timms, Paddy ; Tay, Andrew ; Chan, Peter Y. ; Ganse, Bergita ; Leonhardt, Steffen ; Hoog Antink, Christoph
Art des Eintrags: Zweitveröffentlichung
Titel: A Deep Learning-Based Camera Approach for Vital Sign Monitoring Using Thermography Images for ICU Patients
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 15 Januar 2024
Ort: Darmstadt
Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: 2021
Ort der Erstveröffentlichung: Basel
Verlag: MDPI
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Sensors
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 21
(Heft-)Nummer: 4
Kollation: 18 Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00017784
URL / URN: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/17784
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Herkunft: Zweitveröffentlichung DeepGreen
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

Infrared thermography for camera-based skin temperature measurement is increasingly used in medical practice, e.g., to detect fevers and infections, such as recently in the COVID-19 pandemic. This contactless method is a promising technology to continuously monitor the vital signs of patients in clinical environments. In this study, we investigated both skin temperature trend measurement and the extraction of respiration-related chest movements to determine the respiratory rate using low-cost hardware in combination with advanced algorithms. In addition, the frequency of medical examinations or visits to the patients was extracted. We implemented a deep learning-based algorithm for real-time vital sign extraction from thermography images. A clinical trial was conducted to record data from patients on an intensive care unit. The YOLOv4-Tiny object detector was applied to extract image regions containing vital signs (head and chest). The infrared frames were manually labeled for evaluation. Validation was performed on a hold-out test dataset of 6 patients and revealed good detector performance (0.75 intersection over union, 0.94 mean average precision). An optical flow algorithm was used to extract the respiratory rate from the chest region. The results show a mean absolute error of 2.69 bpm. We observed a computational performance of 47 fps on an NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX module for YOLOv4-Tiny, which proves real-time capability on an embedded GPU system. In conclusion, the proposed method can perform real-time vital sign extraction on a low-cost system-on-module and may thus be a useful method for future contactless vital sign measurements.

Freie Schlagworte: camera-based vital sign measurement, infrared thermography, IRT, object detection, deep learning, optical flow, ICU monitoring
Status: Verlagsversion
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-177840
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors and Methods for the Measurement of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems

Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin, Gesundheit
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 621.3 Elektrotechnik, Elektronik
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 18 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
18 Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik > Künstlich intelligente Systeme der Medizin (KISMED)
Hinterlegungsdatum: 15 Jan 2024 13:41
Letzte Änderung: 26 Feb 2024 16:18
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