Detecting Lesions in the Oral Cavity With Thermal Imaging
Completed
- Conditions
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Interventions
- Other: no intervention, observation only
- Registration Number
- NCT00868725
- Lead Sponsor
- Sheba Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Previous studies indicate that there are significant differences in the temperature of tumors and normal, adjacent tissues. The present study will test this hypothesis for lesions in the oral cavity. Thermal images of the oral cavities of patients, undergoing examination in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Sheba hospital, will be compared to the diagnoses of the examining doctors. The results, apart from enhancing the delineation of oral cavity tumors, may help the decision to develop miniature thermal cameras to scan thermally, the GI tract.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients diagnosed in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as suffering from malignant or possibly malignant lesions.
Exclusion Criteria
- none
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description possible oral cancer no intervention, observation only Patients reporting for oral cavity examination with the possibility or certainty of oral lesions
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ability of a thermal camera to detect and delineate tumors in the oral cavity during and immediately after the examination
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sheba Medical Center
🇮🇱Tel Hashomer, Israel