Investigation of the Optimal Assessment of Febrile Passengers Detected by Infrared Thermal Scanning at an International Airport: final report
Year: 2007
Type: report
Abstract: Australia is preparing for an influenza pandemic and the H5N1 strain of influenza virus is of current concern to global authorities (Commonwealth of Australia, 2006a). The use of infrared thermal cameras is part of the Australian Management Plan for Pandemic Influenza (Commonwealth of Australia, 2006a). In 2003, the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic presented countries with the challenge of detection and quarantine of a communicable febrile illness and this experience has been used to improve strategies for an influenza pandemic. Some countries, including Australia, relied on visual inspection to detect SARS, whereas others such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Canada utilised infrared thermal cameras. The Australian approach was largely unsuccessful (Samaan, Patel, Spencer, & Roberts, 2004), whereas thermal cameras had some success detecting SARS (Chiu, Lin, Chiou et al., 2005).
Authors: William J. McBride, Elizabeth Buikstra
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2252399617