Thermography-based fever detection - Feasibility

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  COVID Response - Thermography Based Fever Detection for Triaging of Patients – A feasibility study

• IRAS ID

  283969

• Contact name

  David Lowe

• Contact email

  david.lowe@glasgow.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Thales UK

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 1 months, 2 days

• Research summary

  This study will refine and pilot the feasibility of introducing a thermal imaging test to detect fever in 100 patients being triaged within the Emergency Department. The only additional research requirement for the patient is to have a thermal image of their face taken. Other triage tests will be routine.
  The aims of the feasibility study are to:
  - Understand the acceptability of introducing the intervention within the Emergency Department setting
  - Establish indicative patient recruitment numbers per week
  - Determine the likely proportion of patients recruited from this group who have a high temperature
  - Provide preliminary evidence that the technology can identify a high temperature in this diverse group of patients
  - Provide preliminary data for machine learning training to support classification of patients as being with or without fever

  The feasibility study will then inform the design and size of larger study to further develop and validate the the thermal imaging screening test to provide a ‘with/ without’ fever result.

• REC name

  North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 2

• REC reference

  20/NS/0064

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 May 2020

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion