Measuring Breathing Airflow Using a Heat Sensitive Camera (ThermFlow)

Launched by SHEFFIELD CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Jul 24, 2023

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The study will form part of a wider project currently ongoing which is looking into development of HRTI for clinical diagnosis and monitoring. It builds on the significant progress the investigators made through the ThermPaed study. Sheffield Hallam University supports this study by allocating an MPhil student (UR). The student will be jointly supervised at the University by Professor Saatchi who is well-established in digital signal and image processing and Professor Elphick and Dr Kingshott.

This study design is explained below. Measurement of thermal imaging alongside standard clinical ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Children age 0-15.9 years Are attending the sleep unit for a cardiorespiratory sleep study to investigate or monitor sleep-disordered breathing
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Families who do not understand written or verbal English where no interpreter is present
• • Children who do not attend with their parent / legal guardian and so are therefore unable to give informed consent
• • Children who are undergoing tracheostomy or ventilation sleep studies and so will not be expected to wear nasal airflow sensors during their sleep study