Sun and colleagues have recently reported in this Journal the use of radar systems including thermography for use in infectious disease screening at airports. 1 Sun Guanghao Akanuma Masahiko Matsui Takemi Clinical evaluation of the newly developed infectious disease/fever screening radar system using the neural network and fuzzy grouping method for travellers with suspected infectious diseases at Narita International Airport Clinic. J Infect. 2016; 72: 121-123https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.09.017 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF Scopus (7) Google Scholar , 2 Sun Guanghao Matsui Takemi Hakozaki Yukiya Abe Shigeto An infectious disease/fever screening radar system which stratifies higher-risk patients within ten seconds using a neural network and the fuzzy grouping method. J Infect. 2015; 70: 230-236https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2014.12.007 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (39) Google Scholar We conducted a prospective study to assess the value of the use of infrared thermal cameras in detecting fevers in both patients and healthcare workers between May 2015 and February 2016 in a university hospital center in Southern France.
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