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September 10, 2025Scientific ReportsOpen Access

Comparing thermographic heat signatures with joint inflammation detected by ultrasound at the knees in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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YTYork Kiat TanSingHealth GLGek Hsiang Lim

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Cross-sectional analysis shows thermographic heat signatures correlate with ultrasound joint inflammation in RA patients, indicating assessment potential.

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Thermographic imaging effectively identifies joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, correlating heat signatures with ultrasound findings.
Thermal imaging parameters correlated significantly with ultrasound scores, with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.21 to 0.49.
Observed high intra-observer reliability in thermal imaging measurements, with ICC values between 0.997 and 0.999.
ROC analysis revealed thermographic data could discriminate joint inflammation severity effectively, with AUCs from 0.63 to 0.82.

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Tan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1d98f54b1d3bfb60fb7b0 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-17901-6

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Cross-sectional analysis shows thermographic heat signatures correlate with ultrasound joint inflammation in RA patients, indicating assessment potential.

Comparing thermographic heat signatures with joint inflammation detected by ultrasound at the knees in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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Comparing thermographic heat signatures with joint inflammation detected by ultrasound at the knees in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

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