Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers
The representation of temperature measurement methods is worldwide, as is the number of industries that use them. Their utilization allows one to assess the object’s temperature relatively accurately and further according to the defined dependencies to evaluate its condition. In the medic...
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| description | The representation of temperature measurement methods is worldwide, as is the number of industries that use them. Their utilization allows one to assess the object’s temperature relatively accurately and further according to the defined dependencies to evaluate its condition. In the medical sector, non-invasive temperature measurement methods are increasingly gaining ground. In our work, we focus on the design of a system for measuring skin temperature using digital DS18B20 thermometers. The technical design consists of the mechanical design of the sensor housing based on the requirements of healthcare professionals, the design of a 1-wire bus active pull-up driver with improved features, and the user software, allowing for the future implementation in various, not necessarily medical environments. The main contribution lies in optimizing the hardware design concerning the components’ parameters and surge protection. In the medical field, the aim was to compare changes in skin temperature in the shoulder region depending on the type of muscle contraction during static and dynamic components of movement and to record the thermal work of the muscle during activity in real-time. We experimented by applying temperature sensors to the deltoid muscle of the dominant limb in a temperature environment of 25.76 °C. In the experimental measurements, we demonstrated that during the three selected muscle work movements, there was a temperature change in the respective regions of the deltoid muscle for each of the three, which the temperature sensors could capture. Our results were statistically significant when comparing the baseline values, and the highest temperature reached. The level of significance <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha \leqslant 0.05$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and a low percentage of errors were valid. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-913ddef2d030461bab4fa36bb79c73282023-03-20T23:00:40ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111250502506210.1109/ACCESS.2023.325551110065470Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital ThermometersGabriel Gaspar0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2550-1675Juraj Dudak1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5570-5150Magdalena Mikolajcikova2https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7398-1659Daniel Gurin3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8796-9110Research Centre, University of Zilina, Zilina, SlovakiaResearch Centre, University of Zilina, Zilina, SlovakiaFaculty of Health Care, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, SlovakiaFaculty of Health Care, Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, SlovakiaThe representation of temperature measurement methods is worldwide, as is the number of industries that use them. Their utilization allows one to assess the object’s temperature relatively accurately and further according to the defined dependencies to evaluate its condition. In the medical sector, non-invasive temperature measurement methods are increasingly gaining ground. In our work, we focus on the design of a system for measuring skin temperature using digital DS18B20 thermometers. The technical design consists of the mechanical design of the sensor housing based on the requirements of healthcare professionals, the design of a 1-wire bus active pull-up driver with improved features, and the user software, allowing for the future implementation in various, not necessarily medical environments. The main contribution lies in optimizing the hardware design concerning the components’ parameters and surge protection. In the medical field, the aim was to compare changes in skin temperature in the shoulder region depending on the type of muscle contraction during static and dynamic components of movement and to record the thermal work of the muscle during activity in real-time. We experimented by applying temperature sensors to the deltoid muscle of the dominant limb in a temperature environment of 25.76 °C. In the experimental measurements, we demonstrated that during the three selected muscle work movements, there was a temperature change in the respective regions of the deltoid muscle for each of the three, which the temperature sensors could capture. Our results were statistically significant when comparing the baseline values, and the highest temperature reached. The level of significance <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\alpha \leqslant 0.05$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and a low percentage of errors were valid.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10065470/1-wiremeasurementmicrocontrollernon-invasive measurementsystemtemperature |
| spellingShingle | Gabriel Gaspar Juraj Dudak Magdalena Mikolajcikova Daniel Gurin Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers IEEE Access 1-wire measurement microcontroller non-invasive measurement system temperature |
| title | Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers |
| title_full | Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers |
| title_fullStr | Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers |
| title_short | Proposal of a Skin Temperature Measurement System Based on Digital Thermometers |
| title_sort | proposal of a skin temperature measurement system based on digital thermometers |
| topic | 1-wire measurement microcontroller non-invasive measurement system temperature |
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