| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T1 |
393-580 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
For these reasons it has been used extensively for fever screening at airport quarantine stations in many countries since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003. |
| T2 |
581-669 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
1, 2 However, many thermography systems used in airports are expensive and non-portable. |
| T3 |
1140-1319 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
Second, the thermopile array was designed as a compact module to facilitate its integration into medical applications such that clinicians would find the device convenient to use. |
| T4 |
2077-2139 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
However, many of these systems are expensive and non-portable. |
| T5 |
2637-2849 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
Results: The maximum facial temperature, measured by the array at 0.3 m from the subject, exhibited a positive correlation with axillary temperature measured using a contact-type thermometer (r = 0.71, p < 0.01). |
| T6 |
3063-3321 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
Conclusions: Our cost-effective thermopile array appears promising for future close-range fever screening of patients with infectious diseases at primary care doctor clinics, health care centers, and quarantine stations in developing and developed countries. |
| T7 |
3896-4151 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
Because the facial temperature is much higher than the surrounding ambient temperature, the maximum facial temperature (around the inner corner of the eye) can be derived from a two-dimensional thermal facial image by simple image processing (Figure 1b) . |
| T8 |
5192-5327 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
The thermopile array measurements exhibited a positive correlation with the contact-type thermometer measurements (r = 0.71, p < 0.01). |
| T9 |
5773-5889 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
This approach has been used and generally approved in some recent studies on the evaluation of thermography systems. |
| T10 |
6159-6367 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
The explanation for this is that although the thermopile array accurately measures human body temperature, some of the patients were misdiagnosed as normal because they were taking medication to reduce fever. |
| T11 |
6368-6495 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
The results indicated that the thermopile array accurately captured elevated human body temperature in close-range thermometry. |
| T12 |
6765-6991 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
Commercial thermal imaging systems typically cost several thousand dollars; 6 meanwhile, some researchers have developed inexpensive do-it-yourself infrared scanners to promote the widespread use of thermal imaging technology. |
| T13 |
7098-7334 |
Epistemic_statement |
denotes |
However, the main limitation of our thermopile array is that the operational distance between the thermopile array and the subject is 0.5 m, as opposed to approximately 1.0-3.0 m for some high-resolution commercial thermography systems. |
