Termografia como Ferramenta de Avaliação Durante o Tratamento Neoadjuvante para Câncer de Mama

• Adriel dos Santos Araújo UFF / Universidade Rey Juan Carlos
• Milena H. S. Issa UFF
• Ángel Sánchez Universidade Rey Juan Carlos
• Débora C. Muchaluat-Saade UFF
• Aura Conci UFF

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbcas.2023.229813

Resumo

A termografia é uma alternativa para a detecção de anomalias que afetam o padrão térmico das mamas. Embora amplamente estuda para triagem ou diagnóstico, poucos estudos a investigam para acompanhar a evolução do tratamento. Neste artigo, propõe-se uma metodologia que a use no tratamento neoadjuvante, identificando as regiões mais quentes por meio de um algoritmo de aprendizado não supervisionado k-means e construindo séries temporais baseadas em medidas estatísticas e homogeneidade. Os resultados acompanham a evolução do tratamento corretamente em pelo menos 79% dos casos com base nas medidas estatísticas e 95% dos casos quando essas são combinadas com as medidas de homogeneidade na avaliação do paciente.

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