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Thermal Imaging as a Potential Diagnostic Tool of Nasal Airflow

NCT03233373 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-09-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Currently, there are no tools that can measure nasal airflow in an objective manner that is non-invasive to the patient. This clinical study aims to address this by evaluating the use of thermal imaging as a diagnostic tool for measuring nasal airflow.

Proper airflow cools the nasal airway as it passes--obstructions or narrowed airways hinder flow and results in elevated temperatures along the airway and nasal tissue. It is this elevation in temperature, or more specifically, loss of cooling, that we hypothesize to be measurable with thermal imaging. Participants in this study will be asked to perform 3-4 nasal breathing cycles which will be recorded by the thermal imager.

Conditions

  • Nasal Airway Obstruction

Interventions

DEVICE

Seek CompactPro thermal imager

A device with image/video recording capability, it is non-invasive and only relies on infrared emissions from heat sources (the patient).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Howard Stupak, MD · NYCHHC, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-08-31
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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