
6. INTRODUCTION
6 Introducon
The thermal camera MEDICAS allows to measure the temperature of the human skin and is therefore effecve
in detecng the body temperature increases for instance due to a virus infecon.
MEDICAS has accuracy of the measurement ± 0.3 °C, according to reference blackbody. This accuracy is always
guaranteed only when measuring the temperature near the black body, i.e. in similar distance from the camera
as the distance between black body and the MEDICAS.
The camera is designed to connuously calibrate the measured temperatures by measuring the temperature of
the black body shipped with the camera. This black body needs to be placed in the view of the camera in specific
distance based on the camera lens focus distance. The posion of the Blackbody then needs to be set in the
thermal image by seng BLACK BODY ROI (region of interest) from the Funcons menu.
The system offers a digital video output. Both visible and thermal spectrum images are displayed on the screen
at the same me.
While measuring the human body with the MEDICAS thermal camera and correctly evaluate the results of the
measurement, it is necessary to follow instrucons wrien in this manual. You also need to understand the
theory behind evaluang normal human body temperature.
6.1 Correct measurement of the human body temperature
Normal human core body temperature (normothermia, euthermia) is the typical temperature range found in
humans. The normal human body temperature range is typically stated as 36.5–37.5 °C (97.7–99.5 °F).
Human body temperature varies. It depends on sex, age, me of day, exeron level, health status (such as illness
and menstruaon), what part of the body the measurement is taken at, state of consciousness (waking, sleeping,
sedated), and emoons. Body temperature is kept in normal range by thermoregulaon, in which adjustment
of temperature is triggered by the central nervous system.
6.2 Methods of measurement
Taking a person’s temperature is an inial part of a full clinical examinaon. There are various types of medical
thermometers, as well as sites used for measurement, including:
In the rectum (rectal temperature)
In the mouth (oral temperature)
Under the arm (axillary temperature)
In the ear (tympanic temperature)
On the skin of the forehead over the temporal artery
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