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In the last decade, though significant progress had been made on tropical lymphoedema (mainly podoconiosis research), little has been achieved on the diagnosis and volume measurement aspect, so podoconiosis remains a diagnosis of clinical exclusion. Therefore, the objectives of this PhD thesis were to improve the diagnosis and measurement of podoconiosis in clinical and research settings. The project validated a novel portable three-dimensional infrared imaging device for lymphoedema volume measurement, and a Digital Light Processing technology based on near infrared spectroscopy Analyser (DLP-based NIR spectrometry) and ZI MFIA digital impedence analyser devices for diagnostic purposes. |
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