Research Article
Screening for Osteomyelitis Using Thermography in Patients with Diabetic Foot
Table 5
Thermographic findings and the site of osteomyelitis.
| ID | Site of osteomyelitis | Thermographic findings |
| 1 | 1st distal phalange | Ankle pattern | 2 | 4th proximal and middle phalange | Ankle pattern | 3 | 5th metatarsal bone | Knee pattern | 4 | 1st proximal phalange | Ankle pattern | 5 | 1st proximal phalange and metatarsal bone | ā* | 6 | 5th proximal, middle and distal phalange, and metatarsal bone 4th metatarsal bone | Ankle pattern | 7 | 1st proximal, middle, and distal phalange | ā* | 8 | 2nd proximal phalanges and metatarsal bone | Ankle pattern | 9 | 5th proximal phalange | Knee pattern | 10 | 1st metatarsal bone | Ankle pattern |
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*No observation of increased skin temperature.
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