Dear Colleagues,

Over the last decade, infrared and multi-spectral medical thermography have undoubtedly exhibited breakthroughs in the medical field of clinical thermology. In addition to the expansion of established imaging instrumentation and software for broader applications in diagnostic imaging of musculoskeletal, neurological, vascular and infectious diseases, cardiology, public health, surgery, sports, psyquiatry and oncological diseases, artificial intelligence and machine learning protocols that have advanced diagnostic capabilities in thermography have resulted in significant changes in method accuracy. Technological advancements are driving novel techniques for diagnosis and assessment, as well as thermoguided procedures and treatment outcome monitoring. The capacity to communicate innovation with investigators outside the presumably confined field in which it originated sometimes limits the translation of improvements in thermal imaging technology, methodologies, and procedures to broader applications. It is consequently critical to simplify the transfer of developments in infrared thermal imaging from one field to another. Exploiting the full potential of innovation frequently necessitates the inclusion of a new, sometimes external, perspective. This joint special issue seeks to act as a platform for such cross-disciplinary interchange and to drive the spread of innovative applications, possibly by promoting new partnerships between different sectors and researchers. The next great breakthrough in medical thermographic imaging might result from numerous minds suggesting innovative ideas. The project seeks contributions on thermology health care applications and medical thermography (environmental sciences and engineering), public health, environmental health, occupational hygiene, health economic and global health research, mental health, digital health, women’s health, health care sciences and services, health communication and informatics, toxicology, and public health, public health statistics and risk assessment, oral health, exercise and health, traumas, nursing, adolescents, skin health, disabilities, sport and health, aging, disease prevention, injury prevention, and rehabilitation.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in IJERPH.

Prof. Dr. Marcos Leal Brioschi
Guest Editor

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