Stop outbreak of SARS with infrared cameras

Yigang Michael Wu

doi:10.1117/12.538737

12 April 2004 Stop outbreak of SARS with infrared cameras

Yigang Michael Wu

Proceedings Volume 5405, Thermosense XXVI; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538737
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, commonly known as Atypical Pneumonia in mainland China) caused 8422 people affected and resulting in 918 deaths worldwide in half year. This disease can be transmitted by respiratory droplets or by contact with a patient's respiratory secretions. This means it can be spread out very rapidly through the public transportations by the travelers with the syndrome. The challenge was to stop the SARS carriers traveling around by trains, airplanes, coaches and etc. It is impractical with traditional oral thermometers or spot infrared thermometers to screen the tens of travelers with elevated body temperature from thousands of normal travelers in hours. The thermal imager with temperature measurement function is a logical choice for this special application although there are some limitations and drawbacks. This paper discusses the real SARS applications of industrial infrared cameras in China from April to July 2003.

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Yigang Michael Wu "Stop outbreak of SARS with infrared cameras", Proc. SPIE 5405, Thermosense XXVI, (12 April 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.538737

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