Correlation of BAT activity with thyroid metabolic activity in patients with fibromyalgia

A. P. C. Costa; J. M. Maia; M. L. Brioschi; J. E. M. M. Machado

doi:10.1117/12.2254192

13 March 2017 Correlation of BAT activity with thyroid metabolic activity in patients with fibromyalgia

A. P. C. Costa, J. M. Maia, M. L. Brioschi, J. E. M. M. Machado

Proceedings Volume 10137, Medical Imaging 2017: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 1013720 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254192
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2017, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The objective of this research is to correlate the brown fat activity (BAT) with the metabolic activity of thyroid in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FS). For the development of the research, it was select a database containing 132 patients of a thermography clinic, male and female, with age over 18 years old; where the images selected were anteroposterior orthostasis top and anteroposterior in cervical extension. In the program Flir Report, it was possible to demarcate the region of the left and right interscapular and thyroid of each patient by getting the respective temperatures, in addition to view the hyper-radiation (“signal of mantle”) in the interscapular. Temperature was organized in table format, and statistical analysis was performed in the program Microcal Origin 6.0. As conclusion, it was found that the greater the metabolic activity of thyroid in patients with fibromyalgia, the greater will be the metabolic rate of brown fat (BAT).

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A. P. C. Costa, J. M. Maia, M. L. Brioschi, and J. E. M. M. Machado "Correlation of BAT activity with thyroid metabolic activity in patients with fibromyalgia", Proc. SPIE 10137, Medical Imaging 2017: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 1013720 (13 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254192

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