Thermal Imaging System for the Detection of Varicose Veins in Adult Patients

Varicose veins are produced by dilations of the veins due to the agglomeration of blood fluid in the different parts of the patient's body, presenting various symptoms or common discomforts in the lower extremities of the patient based on the present progress of the disease, likewise, it represents a frequent problem in the world population with about 30% of affected that are associated with the age of the person, family inheritance, trauma problems, overweight, among other factors that are witnessed in active people, increasing notoriously in sedentary patients, therefore, the early detection of varicose veins will prevent their progression even if it is slow, although there are many prevention treatments, they are expensive and painful after the operation with slow recovery that can even affect other nerves. In view of this problem, in this research a thermal imaging system was developed for the detection of varicose veins in adult patients, in such a way that the degree of varicose veins that affect patients is detected and indicate the state in which the disease is located, likewise, it will allow monitoring varicose veins that do not manifest in the lower extremities through the image processing developed in MATLAB at Integrate the thermography technique. Through the development of the proposed system, it was possible to appreciate its functionality with an efficiency of 94.97% in the detection of varicose veins on adult patients with a high reliability with respect to the analyses performed.