Clinical trial · Observational
Detecting Lesions in the Oral Cavity With Thermal Imaging
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Previous studies indicate that there are significant differences in the temperature of tumors and normal, adjacent tissues. The present study will test this hypothesis for lesions in the oral cavity. Thermal images of the oral cavities of patients, undergoing examination in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of Sheba hospital, will be compared to the diagnoses of the examining doctors. The results, apart from enhancing the delineation of oral cavity tumors, may help the decision to develop miniature thermal cameras to scan thermally, the GI tract.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carcinoma, Squamous Cell | Squamous Cell Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| no intervention, observation only | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- label
- possible oral cancer
- description
- Patients reporting for oral cavity examination with the possibility or certainty of oral lesions
- interventionNames
- Other: no intervention, observation only
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Ability of a thermal camera to detect and delineate tumors in the oral cavity
- timeFrame
- during and immediately after the examination
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients diagnosed in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as suffering from malignant or possibly malignant lesions. Exclusion Criteria: * none
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDStefanadis C, Chrysohoou C, Panagiotakos DB, Passalidou E, Katsi V, Polychronopoulos V, Toutouzas PK. Temperature differences are associated with malignancy on lung lesions: a clinical study. BMC Cancer. 2003 Jan 6;3:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-3-1. Epub 2003 Jan 6. PMID 12515579