High-Resolution Thermography System for Real-Time, Non-invasive, Remote Autonomic Nervous System Spatial Mapping and Evaluation
Abstract
Title- High-Resolution Thermography System for Real-Time, Non-invasive, Remote Autonomic Nervous System Spatial Mapping and Evaluation via Sweat Pores There is a need to remotely, unobtrusively and continually monitor, in real time, military personnel’s stress responses, which might impact mission readiness. Noninvasive and remote measurement of stress using infrared camera thermography to measure sweating, is a rapid and practical way of assessing personnel readiness, and to provide an objective measure of stress responses. In this project the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine will use high-resolution infrared cameras to visualize, count, assess length of sweat pore activation and map spatial patterns of sweat pores across the body, in real-time, as they become active in response to different stress stimuli. A machine learning model will then be trained to recognize sweat pores and any changes in their stress induced patterns. This will allow development of accurate non-invasive, rapid, remote objective measures of the type of stress a person is experiencing (mental, physical, emotional, anxiety, heat) via a no-touch camera-based system that continually and in real time monitors nervous system stress responses and mission readiness in military personnel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 29, 2024
- Source ID
- FA95502310148
Entities
People
- J Runyon
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Arizona