CURRICULUM  VITAE (short version)

OF

 JAMES  BRIAN  MERCER,  B.A. (Mod.),  Ph.D. (Dub.).

 

PERSONAL  DETAILS

BORN                                                April 10th, 1949, Dublin, Ireland

NATIONALITY                                Irish

HOME ADDRESS                           Bjerkealléen 12, N-9006 Tromsoe, Norway

 

BUSINESS ADDRESS                   Cardiovascular Research Group,

                                                           Department of Medical Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine,

                                                           University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway

 

                                                           Department of Radiology

                                                           University Hospital North Norway, N-3038 Tromsoe,  Norway

 

TELEPHONE/E-Mail                  Private:                + 47-776-83988

                                                          Office:                  + 47-776-44869

                                                          Mobile                  + 47-90678842

                                                          Telefax:                + 47-776-45440

                                                          E-mail:  james.mercer@uit.no

 

EDUCATIONAL  INFORMATION

University      

1967 - 1971               University of Dublin, Trinity College Natural Sciences Faculty

1971                           Degree obtained with class: Second Class, First Division  Moderatorship B.A. with honours Natural Sciences       (Zoology).

1971 - 1974              Department of Physiology, University of Dublin,  Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

1975                           Degree of Ph.D. awarded (by thesis). Title: "Temperature   Regulation  in the New-Born Lamb".

 

APPOINTMENTS                            

1974-78; 80-81

Research Assistant:     Max Planck Institute for Physiological &   Clinical Research, W.G.  Kerkhoff  Institute, Bad Nauheim,   Germany.

 

1978 - 1980

Research Assistant:     Dept. Physiology, Justus Liebig University,  Giessen, Germany.

 

1981 - 1992

Associate Professor:    Department of Arctic Biology, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsoe,   Tromsoe, Norway.

 

1993 - 1994

Professor:                     Department of Arctic Biology, Institute  of Medical Biology, University of Tromsoe,  Tromsoe, Norway.

 

1994 - present

Professor:                      Department of Medical Physiology,  Institute of Medical Biology, University of  Tromsoe, Tromsoe, Norway.

 

2005 –present

Professor:                     Department of Radiology, University Hospital North Norway Tromsoe,   Norway.  (20% position) 

 

2009 - present               President: European Association of Thermology (EAT) http://europeanthermology.com/cms32/index.php

 

 

MAIN AREAS OF RESEARCH (past & present)

General Interersts: General and comparative aspects of thermal physiology in man and animals, including birds with main emphasis on cold temperature physiology. Cardiovascular disease, cold climate and winter mortality. Natural age related and pathophysiological aspects of peripheral circulation, Clinical Thermography,

Key words: Integrative physiology, thermal physiology, regulation of body temperature, cold tolerance, shivering, peripheral circulation, thermal responsiveness, fever, nasal heat exchange, selective brain cooling, epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its connection to climate, indoor climate & housing, ageing physiology, cold induced thrombogenesis, biorhythms, biotelemetry, medical thermography, cold exposure, peripheral vascular disease .

 

Recent projects

Thermographic assessment of skin circulation in hands and feet of young and elderly smokers and non-smokers (Department of Medical Physiology, University of Tromsø).

 

Comparison of indoor climate and thermoregulatory patterns in aged living in Tromsø, Norway and in Dublin, Ireland (Collaboration with the Department pf Physiology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Eastern Health Board, Dublin, Ireland).

 

Water filtered infrared-A treatment  in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers: Treatment assessment and evaluation using infrared thermography (Collaboration with Department of Clinical Physiology, Hillerød Hospital, Denmark).

 

Physiological responses to extremity cooling in patients with Reynauds Syndrome and scleredoma: Assessment and evaluation using infrared thermography (Collaboration with Department of Plastic Surgery and Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Northern Norway).

 

Thermographic assessment during autologus breast reconstructive surgery in cancer patients (Collaboration with Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway).

 

Thermographic assessement in free flap surgery. (Collaboration with Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway).

 

Thermographic assessement during different surgical treatments of lateral epicondylitis. (Collaboration with Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Northern Norway).

 

Infrared Thermography in semi-free ranging domesticated African Elephants (Collaboration with 

School of Physiology, Brain Function Research Group, Section for Wildlife Physiology, Department of Health Sciences. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (since year 2000)

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

                                  

Mercer, J.B. and Sparr. S (eds). (2000). Proceedings of the International Symposium - ‘Old and Cold - Understanding Excess Winter Mortality in the Elderly’. Int. J. Circumpolar Health, 59:149-284.

 

Mercer, J.B. (2001). Tackling Cold Stress. In: Thermotherapy for Neoplasia, Inflammation, and Pain. M. Kosaka, T. Sugahara, K.L. Schmidt and E. Simon, eds. Springer, Tokyo, pp.112-117.

 

Pascoe, D.,  Mercer, J.B. and De Weerd, L. (2006). , Physiology of Thermal Signals. In: The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 3rd. edition; Medical Devices and Systems, CRC press; Taylor and Francis. New York  chapter 21; pp 1-20.

 

Pascoe, D.,  Mercer, J.B. and De Weerd, L. (2007). , Physiology of Thermal Signals. In: Medical Infrared Imaging. Eds. Nicholas A. Diakides and Joseph D. Bronzino  CRC press; Taylor and Francis. New York

 

  

CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS (editor)

           

and Sparr. S (eds). (2000). Proceedings of the International Symposium - ‘Old and Cold - Understanding Excess Winter Mortality in the Elderly’. Int. J. Circumpolar Health, 59:149-284.

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

Mercer, J.B. (Chief Editor) (2001). The Glossary of Terms for Thermal Physiology. Third. Edition. The Commission for Thermal Physiology of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS Thermal Commission). Japanese Journal of Physiology 51: 245-280.

 

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

 

Eng, H & Mercer, J.B. (2000). The relationship between mortality caused by cardiovascular disease and two climatic factors in densely populated areas in Norway and  Ireland. J. Cardiovascular Risk 7: 369-375.

 

Eng. H and Mercer, J.B. (2000). Mortality from Cardiovascular diseases and its relationship to air temperature during the winter months in Dublin and Oslo/Akershus. Int. J. Circumpolar Health. 59:3-4, 176-181.

 

Bøkenes, L., Alexandersen, T.E., Østerud, B., Tveita, T. and Mercer, J.B. (2000). Physiological and haematological responses to cold exposure in the elderly. J. Circumpolar Health. 59:216-221.

 

Middleton, M, Andrews, J.F., and Mercer, J.B. (2000) Thermal and relative humidity conditions in the houses of the aged living in Ireland, and their risk of effective acute cold stress. J. Circumpolar Health. 59: 249-254.

 

Mercer, J.B. and Simon, E. (2001). Lessons from the past - human and animal physiology. J. Therm. Biol. 26:249-253.

 

Fuglei, E., Mercer, J.B. & Arnemo, J.M. (2002). Surgical implantation of radio transmitters in Arctic Foxes (Alopex lagopus) on Svalbard, Norway. J. Zoo Wildlife Med.33(4):342-349.

 

Mercer, J.B. (2003). Cold - an underrated risk factor for health. J. Environ. Res.92(1):8-13.

 

Rasmussen, L. and Mercer, J.B. (2004).  A comparison of the thermal responses in hands and feet of young and elderly subjects in response to local cooling as determined by infrared imaging. Thermology  International 14: 71-76.

 

Bøkenes, L., Alexandersen, T. E., Tveita. T., Østerud, B. & Mercer, J.B. (2004). Physiological and haematological responses to cold exposure in young  subjects.  Int. J. Circumpolar Health 63:115-128.

 

Mercer, J.B. and de Weerd, L. (2005).  The effect of water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) irradiation on skin temperature and skin blood flow as evaluated by infrared thermography and scanning laser Doppler imaging. Thermology International .15: 89-94.

 

De Weerd, L, Mercer, J.B. and Bøe Setså, L. (2006). Dynamic infrared thermography, a novel method for monitoring free DIEP flap perfusion intraoperatively.  Annals of Plastic Surgery. 57(3); 279-284.

 

Odden Miland, Å & Mercer, J.B. (2006).  Effect of a short period of abstinence from smoking on rewarming patterns of the hands following local cooling Eur. J. Appl. Physiol: 98:161-168.

 

De Weerd, L., Elvenes, O.P. and Mercer, J.B. (2006). Intermittent isometric contractions of the rectus abdominis muscle by application of trancutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and its effect on blood flow in the overlying skin. Thermology International 16(4); 150-154.

 

Odden Miland, Å., De Weerd, L., and Mercer, J.B. (2007). Intraoperative use of dynamic infrared thermography and indocynanine green fluorescence video angiography to predict partial skin flap loss. European Journal of Plastic Surgery 30:269-276

 

Hartel, M., Illing, P., Mercer, J.B., Lademann, J., Daeschlein, G. and Hoffmann, G. (2007). Therapy of acute wounds with water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) [review]. GMS Krankenhaushyg Interdiszip. 2007;2(2):Doc53. Online available from:

http://www.egms.de/pdf/journals/dgkh/2007-2/dgkh000086.pdf (PDF) and

http://www.egms.de/en/journals/dgkh/2007-2/dgkh000086.shtml (shtml).

 

von Felbert, V., Schumann, H., Mercer, J.B., Strasser, W., Daeschlein,G., and  Hoffmann, G. (2008). Therapy of chronic wounds with water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) [review]. GMS Krankenhaushyg Interdiszip. 2007;2(2):Doc52. Online available from:

http://www.egms.de/pdf/journals/dgkh/2008-2/dgkh000085.pdf (PDF) and

http://www.egms.de/en/journals/dgkh/2008-2/dgkh000085.shtml (shtml).

 

Miland, Å.O., de Weerd, L., Weum, S., and Mercer, J.B. (2008). Visualising vascular perfusion in isolated human abdominal skin flaps using dynamic      infrared thermography and indocyanine green fluorescence video angiography. European Journal of Plastic Surgery. online http://www.springerlink.com/content/d768j85151155rn5/fulltext.pdf

 

Meknas,K., Miland, Å.O., Mercer, J.B., Castillejo M, and Johansen O.(2008). Radiofrequency microtenotomy: a promising method for treatment of lateral epicondylitis. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 36:1960-1965.

http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/36/10/1960.full.pdf+html?sid=94d3dc3c-a266-4900-a7c3-03aff6e15ad0

 

Stikbakke, E. and Mercer, J.B. (2008). An infrared thermographic and laser Doppler flowmetric investigation of skin perfusion in the forearm and finger tip following a short period of vasculart stasis. Thermology International 18:107-111.

 

Mercer, J.B., Nielsen, S. P. and Hoffmann, G. (2008). Improvement of wound healing by water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) in patients with chronic venous stasis ulcers of the lower legs including evaluation using infrared thermography GMS Ger Med Sci. 2008;6:Doc11.

Open Access- Online version: http://www.egms.de/pdf/gms/2008-6/000056.pdf   (PDF) and http://www.egms.de/en/gms/2008-6/000056.shtml (shtml).

 

De Weerd. L., Miland, Å.O., and Mercer, J.B. (2009). Perfusion dynamics of free DIEP and SIEA flaps during the first postoperative week monitored with dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT). Annals of Plastic Surgery 62:42-47.

 

Bøkenes, L., MacEvilly, S., Andrews, J.F., Bolle, R and Mercer, J.B. (2009). Annual variations in indoor climate in the homes of elderly persons living in Dublin, Ireland and Tromsø, Norway. Indoor Air: (European Journal of Public Health, doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckp109).

Full Text:

http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/ckp109?ijkey=rLUUHAkGZWT5RUT&keytype=ref

PDF:

http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/ckp109?ijkey=rLUUHAkGZWT5RUT&keytype=ref

 

De Weerd, L., Odden Miland, Å. and Mercer, J.B. (2009) The value of dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT) in perforator selection and planning of free DIEP flaps. Annals of Plastic Surgery. Annals of Plastic Surgery 63:233-352

 

Pors-Nielsen, S. and Mercer, J.B. (2010).  Dynamic thermography in vascular finger disease – a methodological study of arteriovenous anastomoses. Thermology International 20(3) 89-94

 

Pascoe, D.D.,  Ring, E.F., Mercer, J.B., Snell, J., Osborn, D.,  Hedley-Whyte, J.,

ISO TC121/SC3-IEC TC/SC62D/JWG 8, Clinical Thermometers, Project Team 1, Thermal Imagers for Human Febrile Temperature Screening (2010). International Standards for Pandemic Screening Using Infrared Thermography. In: Proceedings of  SPIE Medical Imaging meeting. Feburary 2010, San Diego, California. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7626 76261Z-6

http://spie.org/x648.html?product_id=829295&origin_id=x4325&start_volume_number=7600&end_volume_number=7699&start_at=21&go=submit or http://spie.org/x648.html?product_id=843836

 

 

 

EDITORIAL

 

Mercer, J.B. and Ring, E.F.J. (2009). Fever screening and infrared thermal imaging: concerns and guidelines. Thermology International (in press).

 

 

 

 

ABSTRACTS (from papers presented at congresses/symposia)

 

Bøkenes, L. & Mercer, J.B. (2000). Indoor climate and thermoregulatory patterns in aged living in Tromsø, Norway. 11th. International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Harstad, Norway.

 

Mercer, J.B. (2000). Infra-red thermal imaging in modern medical research - a technique with extensive possibilities.The Kastelli Symposium, Oulu, Finland, 2000.

 

Rasmussen, L.K. and Mercer, J.B. (2001). A comparison of skin temperature changes in the hands and feet of young and elderly subjects following local cooling.  Thermology International 11:91P.

 

Rasmussen, L.K. Nielsen Johannsen, B. and Mercer, J.B. (2001). Changes in skin temperature in the hands and feet of young and elderly subjects in response to local cooling. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society. Suppl. 1. Vol. 32, No. 2. 126P.

 

Mercer, J.B. and Simon, E. (2001). Lessons from the past - Human and animal thermal physiology. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society. Suppl. 1. Vol. 32, No. 2. 102P.

 

Mercer, J.B. and Nielsen, S.P. (2003). Water filtered infrared-A treatment in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers: Treatment assessment and evaluation using infrared thermography. Thermology International 13(2):75.

 

Nielsen, S.P. and Mercer, J.B. (2003). Static and dynamic infrared thermography in peripheral vascular disease. Thermology International 13(2):76

 

de Weerd, L., Elveness, O.P. and Mercer, J.B.  (2004). Har intermitterende isometriske  muskelkontraksjoner effekt på hudens blodgjennomstrømning ? Norsk forum for plastikkkirugi, Høst mote. (Autumn 2004 meeting of The Norwegian Society for Plastic Surgery). (unpublished abstract).

 

Myrmel, K.S., de Weerd, L. and Mercer, J.B. (2004) Reversert suralislapp I behandling av kroniske hælsår med blottlagt akillesene og ben.  Norsk forum         for plastikkkirugi, Host mote 2004. (Autumn 2004  meeting of The Norwegian Society for Plastic Surgery).  (un published abstract).

 

Mercer, J.B., Louis de Weerd, Odd Petter Elvenes and Line Boe Setså. (2004) Infrared thermal imaging and autologus breast reconstruction surgery. Presented at the 2004 UK Symposium on Medical Infrared Thermography, November 2004, Teddington, England.  Thermology Int. 14(4): 145.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L and Elveness, O.P. (2004). The effect of wIRA irradiation of the abdominal wall on skin temperature and skin blood flow monitored respectively by infrared thermography and scanning laser Doppler flowmometry. Symposium on water filtered infrared irradiation in dermatology, LIestal, Switzerland, November 2004. (un-published abstract).

 

Mercer, J.B. and de Weerd, L (2005).The effect of water filtered infrared-A irradiation (wIRA) of the abdominal wall on skin temperature and skin blood flow monitored respectively by infrared thermography and scanning laser    Doppler imaging. Thermology International 15: 74-75.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L. & Elvenes, O.P. (2005). Intermittent isometric            contractions of the rectus abdominis muscle by application of Transcutaneous    Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and its effect on skin temperature and blood flow in the overlying skin. Thermology International 15: 75-76.

 

Boe Setså, L., Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L. & Elvenes, O.P. (2005). Dynamic Thermography as a reliable, non-invasive and easy method for monitoring perfusion in free flap surgery, preliminary results. Thermology International 15:75.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L. & Setså, L.B. (2005). Dynamisk infrarød termografi, en ny metode for intraoperativ monitorering av perfusjon i frie DIEP lapper. De første resultater. Autumn 2005 meeting of The Norwegian Society for Surgeons.

 

Odden Miland, Å. & Mercer, J.B. (2005). Effect of a short period of  abstinence from smoking in young and old habitual smokers on skin re-warming patterns of the hands following local cooling. 2005 UK Symposium on Medical Infrared Thermography, November 2005, Teddington, England. Thermology International 15 (3), 151-152.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L. & Setså, L.B. (2006). Infrared thermography – a reliable non-invasive method for monitoring blood circulation in free flap surgery. 2nd. International Meeting on Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation. Phoenix, Arizona, March 2006.

 

Odden-Miland, Å., Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L. & Weum, S. (2006). A preliminary report on mapping of vascular perfusion patterns in isolated human lower transverse abdominal flaps using dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT), Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescence video angiography and 3-dimensional CT scanning. Presented at the 10th Congress of the European Association of Thermology, Zakopane, Poland Sept. 2006. Thermology      International 16:101.

 

Mercer J. B., de Weerd, L., Odden Miland, Å. og Weum S. (2006). Kartlegging av vaskulære perfusjonsmønstre i isolerte humane transversale lapper fra nedre del av abdomen med dynamisk infrarød termografi (DIRT),           indocyaningrønn (ICG) fluorescens videoangiografi og tredimensjonal computertomografi (3D CT). En preliminær presentasjon. Autumn 2006   meeting of The Norwegian Society for Surgeons. Oslo, Norway. (unpublished abstract).

 

Meknas, K., Odden Miland, Å. &. Mercer, J.B. (2006). Mikrotenotomi – er den effektiv ved lateral epikondylit? Autumn 2006 meeting of The Norwegian          Society for Surgeons. Oslo, Norway. (unpublished abstract).

 

de Weerd, L. Setså, L.B. & Mercer, J.B., (2006). Intraoperativ dynamisk infarrød termografi ved kirugi med frie lapper (poster presentation). Regional forskningskonferanse innen medisin og helse 2006, Tromsø, Norway, Oktober 2006. (unpublished abstract).

 

Odden Miland, Å., de Weerd, L., Weum, S. & Mercer, J.B. (2006) Kartlegging av perfusjonsmønstre til enkle perforatorer i en DIEP-lapp med dynamisk infrarød termografi, indocyaningrønn videoangiografi og 3D CT. Preliminære    resultater fra en komparativ studie. Regional forskningskonferanse innen medisin og helse 2006, Tromsø, Norway, Oktober 2006. (unpublished   abstract).

 

Meknas,K., Castillejo, M., Odden Miland, Å. & Mercer, J.B. (2006). Mikrotenotomi – er den effektiv ved lateral epikondylit? Regional  forskningskonferanse innen medisin og helse 2006, Tromsø, Norway, Oktober 2006 (un published abstract)..

 

Mercer, J.B. (2007). Dynamic Thermography. Thermology International 17:66. (2007). Presented at the 33rd. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Thermology and the International College  of Medical Thermology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA, June 7-9, 2007.

 

Weum, S.,  de Weerd, L., Odden-Miland, Å. And  Mercer, J.B. (2007). Kartlegging av vaskulær anatomi med 3D CT, dynamisk infrarød termografi og indocyaningrønn fluorescens videoangiografi i en perforatorlapp. Preliminær presentasjon av en komparativ studie. Presented at the Autumn meeting of the Norwegian Radiological Society, Oslo, October 2007 (Norsk Radiologisk Forening, høstmøte, 2007).

 

Mercer, J.B. (2007). Dynamic thermal imaging and its role in medicine. Thermology International 17:156 (2007). Presented at the 20th. Thermological   Symposium of the Austrian Society of Thermology. 17th. November 2007, Vienna, Austria.

 

Stikbakke, E and Mercer, J.B. (2007). An infrared thermal imaging and laser Doppler flowmetric investigation of skin thermal inertia in the forearm and hands following a short period of vascular stasis. Thermology International 17:157-158 (2007). Presented at the 20th. Thermological Symposium of the Austrian Society of Thermology. 17th. November 2007, Vienna, Austria.

 

Hidden, P., Fuller, A., Fick, L. & Mercer, J.B. (2008) Infrared Thermography in semi-free ranging domesticated African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) - preliminary results from a pilot study. 12th National Congress of the Polish Association of Thermology, March 2008, Zakopane, Poland. Thermology International 18:59.

 

Torrao, N., Fuller, A., Mercer, J.B. & Hidden, P. (2009). Skin and body temperatures in African elephants, Loxodonta africana. Presented at the 50th anniversary conference of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa, Natalia, Illovo Beach, KwaZulu-Natal, July 2009.

African Zoology xx, 2009.

 

Blix, A.S., Kvadsheim, P.H., Tyler, N.J.C., Mercer, J., Kholodova, M., Prikhodoko, V., & the lateSokolov, V. (2007). Exceptional fur insulation in Siberian musk deer.  in Proceedings of the 12th Arctic Ungulate Conference, Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, Russia, 8-13 August, 2007. In: Rangifer, Special Issue No.18:2009.

 

Mercer, J.B.,  de Weerd, L., Odden-Miland, Å. And  Weum, S. (2009). Dynamic infrared thermography of perforator flaps provides valuable information on skin perfusion for both reconstructive surgeons and physiologists.To be presented at the The 11th. European Congress of Medical Thermology, Mannheim, Germany, 17-20 September 2009. Thermology International 19(3):87.

 

Torrao, N., Fuller, A., Hidden, P. & Mercer, J.B (2009). Skin temperatures of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the heat. 11th. European Congress of Medical Thermology, Mannheim, Germany, 17-20 September 2009. . Thermology International 19(3):88.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L., Odden-Miland, Å. and Weum, S. (2009). Dynamic infrared thermography of perforator flaps provides valuable information on skin perfusion for both reconstructive surgeons and physiologists. 11th. European Congress of the European Association of Thermology, Mannheim, Germany September 2009. Thermology International 19(3):90.

 

Mercer, J.B., Nielsen, S. P. and Hoffmann, G. (2009).  Improvement of wound healing by water-filtered infrared-A (wIRA) in patients with chronic venous stasis ulcers of the lower legs including evaluation using infrared thermography. 11th. European Congress of the European Association of Thermology, Mannheim, Germany September 2009. Thermology International 19(3):92.

 

Odden-Miland, Å., Frantzen, J.O., Mortensen, R., Bremnes, Y., Eldevik, P., Traasdahl, Kumle, M. and  Mercer, J.B. (2009). Dynamic infrared thermography and early detection of breast cancer - a double-blind investigation. 11th. European Congress of the European Association of Thermology, Mannheim, Germany September 2009. Thermology International 19(3):90

 

Pascoe, D.D.,  Ring, E.F., Mercer, J.B., Snell, J., Osborn, D.,  Hedley-Whyte, J.,

ISO TC121/SC3-IEC TC/SC62D/JWG 8, Clinical Thermometers, Project Team 1, Thermal Imagers for Human Febrile Temperature Screening (2010). International Standards for Pandemic Screening Using Infrared Thermography. SPIE Medical Imaging meeting. Feburary 2010, San Diego, California. (presenting author Pascoe, D.D.). http://spie.org//Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/MI10-Abstracts.pdf

 

Mercer, J.B. and de Weerd, L. (2010). The use of infrared thermography in visualizing perfusion in the reverse sural artery (RSA) island flap preparation used in treating open wounds of the lower extremities. XIV National Congress of the Polish Association of Thermology. 26th.28th March, Zakopane, Poland. Thermology International (in press)

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, L., Miland, A.O. & Weum, S. (2010)  Pre-, intra- and postoperative use of dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT) provides valuable information on skin perfusion in perforator flaps during reconstructive surgery. Tbe presented at “Inframation 2010, November, Las Vagas, USA. http://www.inframation.org/abstract_pop.asp?id=579

 

POPULAR PRESENTATIONS

 

Mercer, J.B.  Medisinsk termografi   mange muligheter: Presented at termogragidagene 2008, Sponsorer Precision Technic AS, Oslo.

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Ring, E.F.J. and Mercer, J.B. (2007). Thermal Imaging for Fever Screening. The Mazazine of the International Organization for Standardization – ISO Focus, 4:33-35.

 

Mercer, J.B., de Weerd, Miland, A.O. & Wuem, S. (2010). Pre-, intra- and postoperative use of dynamic infrared thermography (DIRT) provides valuable information on skin perfusion in perforator flaps during reconstructive surgery. To be published in the proceedings og Inframation 2010.

 

 

 

 

WEB SITES (web-master)

 

http://www.medical-thermography.com/

 

http://europeanthermology.com/cms32/index.php

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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