SAFE for PTSD: noncontact psychophysiological measure based on high-resolution thermal imaging to aid in PTSD diagnosis and assessment of treatment

Babajide O. Familoni; Lein Ma; J. Andrew Hutchinson; C. Andrew Morgan III; Ann Rasmusson; Barbara L. O'Kane

doi:10.1117/12.926464

10 May 2012 SAFE for PTSD: noncontact psychophysiological measure based on high-resolution thermal imaging to aid in PTSD diagnosis and assessment of treatment

Babajide O. Familoni, Lein Ma, J. Andrew Hutchinson, C. Andrew Morgan III, Ann Rasmusson, Barbara L. O'Kane

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Proceedings Volume 8401, Independent Component Analyses, Compressive Sampling, Wavelets, Neural Net, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering X; 840115 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926464
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) sometimes develops following exposure to very stressful or traumatic events such as motor vehicle accidents, rape, and war. It is arguably the signature injury of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Previous studies have demonstrated that PTSD sufferers exhibit autonomic hyper-responsiveness to both neutral and trauma-related stimuli. In this study, we propose using high resolution thermal imaging of sweat-pores to obtain a noncontact, remote, and quantifiable measure of the sympathetic autonomic nervous reactivity to guide diagnosis, assess response to treatment, and tease out important cues to suicidality as a PTSD comorbidity.

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Babajide O. Familoni, Lein Ma, J. Andrew Hutchinson, C. Andrew Morgan III, Ann Rasmusson, and Barbara L. O'Kane "SAFE for PTSD: noncontact psychophysiological measure based on high-resolution thermal imaging to aid in PTSD diagnosis and assessment of treatment", Proc. SPIE 8401, Independent Component Analyses, Compressive Sampling, Wavelets, Neural Net, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering X, 840115 (10 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926464

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