A non-invasive method to determine core temperature for cats and dogs using surface temperatures based on machine learning.

Journal: BMC veterinary research
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Rectal temperature (RT) is an important index of core temperature, which has guiding significance for the diagnosis and treatment of pet diseases.

Authors

  • Zimu Zhao
    School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Xujia Li
    Department of General Surgery (Hepatobiliary Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Taiping Street No.25, Luzhou, 646000, Sichuan, China.
  • Yan Zhuang
    Medical Psychology Department, Taiyuan Mental Hospital, Taiyuan, China.
  • Fan Li
    Department of Instrument Science and Engineering, School of SEIEE, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
  • Weijia Wang
    School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Qing Wang
    School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China. qwang@163.com.
  • Song Su
    Business School, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. Electronic address: sus@bnu.edu.cn.
  • Jiayu Huang
    School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
  • Yong Tang
    Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.