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BTT for H1N1 Screening

October 19, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Wrong Thermometry and Wrong Temperature Can Cause Social and Economic Turmoil During a Flu Pandemic Online –  In a just released report (October 17, 2009), according to Businesswire, a Yale University research group says: As we head into a flu season where the 2009 H1N1 swine flu is expected to cause increased sickness, hospitalization and [...]

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IR Systems Offer First Line of Defense for H1N1 Virus

September 28, 2009 Applications
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Ircon® and Raytek® Infrared (IR) Systems Offer First Line of Defense That Can Help Identify Elevated Skin Temperature SANTA CRUZ CA, USA — Fixed infrared scanners and thermal imagers from Raytek/Ircon, as well as handheld IR thermal imagers from its parent company, Fluke, can be used at airports, terminals, hospitals, schools, factories and public …

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First Line of Flu Defense

May 10, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Noncontact IR technology from Raytek(r) and Ircon(r) can help identify elevated skin temperatures that can result from a viral infection: Effective Screening Tools for Swine Flu SANTA CRUZ CA, USA – Fixed infrared scanners and thermal imagers from Raytek/Ircon, as well as handheld IR thermal imagers from its parent company, Fluke, can be used at [...]

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Screening for Fever by IR Camera

May 9, 2009 Applications

Screening for Fever by Remote-sensing Infrared Thermographic Camera by Chan Lung-Sang1, Cheung Giselle, T. Y.Lauder, Ian J.Kumana, Cyrus R.Kumana, 1 Lung-Sang Chan, PhD: Department of Earth Sciences; Giselle T. Y. Cheung, MPhil, and Cyrus R. Kumana, FRCP: Department of Medicine; Ian J. Lauder, PhD: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, [...]

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SWINE FLU – Thermal Scanning

May 6, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Notting Hill VIC, AUSTRALIA — Australia relies on new health control measures and also on thermal imaging technology installed in major airports to detect suspected swine flu affected passengers. But just how effective are those thermal scanners? The cameras were purchased several years ago. The old models were designed for industrial testing of overheated switchboards [...]

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IR Thermal Imaging System for Medical Application

May 5, 2009 Bio-Medical

Chengdu, China — Model EIRI-M1 is specially designed for remote monitoring and detecting of elevated body temperature in crowded situations. It combines advanced technology in infrared sensing, optoelectronics, computerized data/graphic processing and infor5mation technology to deliver a high performance infrared system for mass thermography. Employing the latest uncooled FPA detector, EIRI-M1 offers exceptional temperature resolution, [...]

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FevIR Screen System from Thermoteknix

May 4, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Cambridge, UK — Thermoteknix offers a system tailored for human febrile screening from the UK. According to Thermoteknix: MIRICLE FevIR Scan thermal imaging and temperature measurement system from Thermoteknix is easily installed, operated and re-located with the very minimum of setup time and operator training. On screen visible and audible alerts provide instant notification of [...]

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Fluke has something for flu…

May 3, 2009 Bio-Medical
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More on Infrared Health Screening Here’s a view of the animated banner on the Fluke website. It teases one to look further to obtain information on the possible use of their infrared products in screening for flu carriers. Unfortunately, if you click on the ad, you receive a registration/login form page, not any product or [...]

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FLIR’s Infrared Products for Fever Detection

May 2, 2009 Bio-Medical
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From the FLIR website www.goinfrared.com comes the following story that was last updated 16-mar-2009 (only 1 month and 17 days ago). Thermal Imaging To Detect Body Temperature As A Screening Technique to Limit the Spread of Infectious Disease It starts off with the statement: The Threat to the Global Public Health & Economy Swine flu [...]

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Fever Screening Cameras In Use Today

May 1, 2009 Bio-Medical

Scanning Passengers for Swine Flu While the Australian news reports:”Swine flu detection scanners ‘not perfect’”, in the same online report today they said: “Scanners have been rolled out across international airports in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Cairns, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin, to help authorities ramp up their defences against the disease.” It was [...]

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ThermoScreen Infrared Fever Screening Tools

May 1, 2009 Bio-Medical
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Mass Human Fever Screening With Equipment from OptoTherm (A series highlighting the suppliers of special Temperature measurement devices used for screening people for fever, an indicator of possible infection. Note: Quoted intact with slight format changes to make it easier to read here from the OptoTherm Web pages.) Sewickley PA, USA — ThermoScreen provides a [...]

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Infrared Cameras Screening For Swine Flu

April 30, 2009 Bio-Medical
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[Image: Courtesy LAND Instruments International] Swine Flu Sparks Rush Orders For Thermal Scanners That’s the title of an article on www.Investors.com (IBD) by Donna Howell. Another related online article that shares some earlier information on the use of Thermal Infrared Cameras in a similar role during the SARS crisis states: “Ministry of Health, Labour & [...]

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